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NAME mysqlhi

Easy way to connect to MySQL/MariaDB via command line.

Installation

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Usage

1. Create a config file

Create a file in your home directory named $HOME/mysqlhi.conf:

    [dbname]
    host=hostname
    password=y0Urp@s$
    port=3306
2. From command line
    $ mysqlhi dbname
3. From your Perl code
    use MySQL::Hi;
    use DBI;

    my $hi = MySQL::Hi->new();
    my $dbh = DBI->connect( $hi->get_dsn( 'dbname' ), \%attr);