4 This is mysql2sql, a mysql to sql converter. It is primary intended to
5 convert mysqldump (especially with extended INSERT syntax) to standard SQL
6 to load at least to PostgreSQL or SQLite.
8 The program removes /\*! directives \*/, unquotes names quoted with
9 backticks, quote non-lowercase names with double quotes, unescapes strings
10 and escapes them to a different quoting style, and splits extended INSERTs
11 into a series of plain INSERTs separated by newlines. Everything else is
25 mysql2sql [-e encoding] [-E output_encoding] [-m/-p/-s] [infile] [[-o] outfile]
29 -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
30 input/output encoding, default is utf-8
31 -E OUTPUT_ENCODING, --output-encoding OUTPUT_ENCODING
32 separate output encoding, default is the same as
33 `-e` except for console; for console output charset
34 from the current locale is used
35 -m, --mysql MySQL/MariaDB quoting style
36 -p, --pg, --postgres PostgreSQL quoting style
37 -s, --sqlite Generic SQL/SQLite quoting style (default)
38 -P, --no-pbar Inhibit progress bar
39 infile Input file, stdin if absent or '-'
40 -o, --outfile outfile Output file, stdout if absent or '-'
42 Options `-m/-p/-s` change quoting style. `-m` sets MySQL quoting style;
43 it's added to use the program in the following scenario: convert MySQL
44 dumps with extended INSERTs to SQL with plain INSERTS suitable to be fed
45 back to MySQL. `-p` sets PostgreSQL quoting style; it's like MySQL with
46 additional `E''-style quoting
47 <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-STRINGS-ESCAPE>`_.
48 `-s` sets generic SQL/SQLite quoting style; this is the default.
50 If stderr is connected to the console the program displays a text mode
51 progress bar. Option `-P/--no-pbar` inhibits it.
53 Option `-o` is useful when infile is absent (input is redirected), for
56 mysql2sql -o outfile.sql < infile.sql
57 cat infile.sql | mysql2sql -o outfile.sql
59 But of course it simply can be::
61 mysql2sql - outfile.sql < infile.sql
62 cat infile.sql | mysql2sql - outfile.sql