====== mysqladmin ======

  * [[MySQL]]
  * [[MySQL Privileges]]
  * [[mysqldump]]
  * [[mysqlimport]]

**Syntax**

<code>
mysqladmin [options] <command> <command args>
</code>

== Create Database ==

<code>
mysqladmin create <database>
</code>

== Drop Database ==

<code>
mysqladmin drop <database>
</code>

== Flush logs ==

**Gotcha:** ''mysqladmin flush'' will not display any errors to stdout.  Instead, any problems are logged to mysqld error log.  This means that if it keeps running, it could be stuck on a problem, and not tell you.

<code>
mysqladmin flush
</code>

== Privileges ==

Reload the grant tables.

<code>
mysqladmin flush-privileges
</code>

Or:

<code>
mysqladmin reload
</code>

== Change Password ==

Mine:

<code>
mysqladmin password <password>
</code>

Another user's:

<code>
mysqladmin -u <username> -p password <password>
</code>

== Show Processes ==

<code>
mysqladmin proc
</code>

== Kill Process ==

<code>
mysqladmin kill <id>
mysqladmin kill <id>,<id>
</code>

== Server status ==

<code>
mysqladmin status
Uptime: 59507  Threads: 1  Questions: 1423  Slow queries: 1  Opens: 2784  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 64  Queries per second avg: 0.23
</code>

== Show system variables ==

<code>
mysqladmin variables
</code>