[From nobody Thu Jul 23 11:19:14 2026 Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 3 Dec 2016 01:05:55 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2014-02-07) on buxtehude.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.9 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FOURLA, HAS_PACKAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 17; hammy, 99; neutral, 31; spammy, 0. spammytokens: hammytokens:0.000-+--UD:1.gz, 0.000-+--Hx-spam-relays-external:sk:jidanni, 0.000-+--Hx-spam-relays-external:jidanni.org, 0.000-+--Hx-spam-relays-external:sk:homie.m, 0.000-+--Hx-spam-relays-external:208.97.132.208 Return-path: <jidanni@jidanni.org> Received: from homie.mail.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208] helo=homiemail-a37.g.dreamhost.com) by buxtehude.debian.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <jidanni@jidanni.org>) id 1cCym3-0008Jm-2z for submit@bugs.debian.org; Sat, 03 Dec 2016 01:05:55 +0000 Received: from homiemail-a37.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a37.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137F3208069 for <submit@bugs.debian.org>; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:05:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=jidanni.org; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= jidanni.org; bh=VIClS3DGXGLbYaHOXQSMwVeQSXo=; b=Km3V8yE1J5ho9/nw gW9VgCndMUwytFUEwsBJ5O1pn3yWQRHDFNHAbky1MeDC+Q0Q3wC9IAdVRgGHebQk EUUdtJZV4PbaupvRBi4kL43paYAhJQAN0CfdPSO7TpGYrV//iaQayz1/YWF6CUAn hOPM9GJgAijkOfHFfvE4UR8gT6c= Received: from jidanni.org (122-118-145-213.dynamic.hinet.net [122.118.145.213]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by homiemail-a37.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B81B6208063 for <submit@bugs.debian.org>; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:05:51 -0800 (PST) From: =?utf-8?B?56mN5Li55bC8?= Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org> Subject: mention how to read the history file, .mysql_history Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 04:43:15 +0800 Message-ID: <87shq6m598.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org Package: mysql-client-core-5.7 Version: 5.7.16-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz On the man page please mention how to casually peruse the history file, .mysql_history. One needs a tool, else one faces octal. # ascii2uni -a K .mysql_history|diff -U0 .mysql_history -|tail 97 tokens converted -show\040databases +show databases @@ -49 +49 @@ -SELECT\040*\040FROM\040mysql.user; +SELECT * FROM mysql.user; @@ -51,2 +51,2 @@ -\134h -help\040select +\h +help select ]