From: Daevid Vincent
Date: May 2 2003 8:14pm
Subject: RE: Getting to the shell from mysql> prompt
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This doesn't work for me... However, I could use CTRL+Z (suspend) and then
fg to get back...

[daevid=pts/0]1:12pm@silver:{/home/daevid}> mycrm
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 12476 to server version: 3.23.56-Max

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> \! ls
ERROR: 
Unknown command '\!'.
    -> ;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '\! ls' at line 1
mysql> \! ls *.sql
ERROR: 
Unknown command '\!'.
    -> ;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '\! ls *.sql' at line
1
mysql> 
Suspended
[daevid=pts/0]1:13pm@silver:{/home/daevid}> fg
mysql -hlocalhost -uroot crm

mysql> ls
    -> ;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ls' at line 1
mysql> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curtis Maurand [mailto:curtis@stripped] 
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:47 AM
> To: Dan Nelson
> Cc: Myhre, Julie; mysql@stripped
> Subject: Re: Getting to the shell from mysql> prompt
> 
> 
> 
> And I searched for that in the docs yesterday, too.  I 
> couldn't find it 
> anywhere.  I searched on the terms "shell," "external," and 
> "ext."  then 
> again, I wasn't searching using the website search function. 
> I was looking 
> in the table of contents.
> 
> hrmmm.
> 
> Curtis
> 
> On Thu, 1 May 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:
> 
> > In the last episode (May 01), Myhre, Julie said:
> > > Is there a way to spawn off to the shell from the mysql prompt,
> > > either for a quick shell command (like an ls of your current
> > > directory), or to stay there and run a couple commands, 
> then get back
> > > to the same mysql session?
> > > 
> > > For example, on a UNIX box, from an Oracle SQL*Plus 
> prompt I can do:
> > > sqlplus>!ls *.sql
> > > 
> > > Or just type the ! and get to my shell.  When I type 'exit' I am
> > > returned to that sqlplus prompt.
> > 
> > Try:
> > 
> > mysql> \! ls *.sql
> > 
> > For a plain shell, run "\! sh", or whatever your favorite shell is.
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> --
> Curtis Maurand
> mailto:curtis@stripped
> http://www.maurand.com
> 
> 
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