From: Dan Nelson
Date: May 2 2003 8:22pm
Subject: Re: Getting to the shell from mysql> prompt
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In the last episode (May 02), Daevid Vincent said:
> 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 '\!'.

It might be a 4.0 command.  It should be documented, I agree.


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	Dan Nelson
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