{"id":28909,"date":"2018-11-04T15:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T13:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28909"},"modified":"2018-11-04T15:15:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T13:15:31","slug":"mycli-mysql-command-line-client-with-auto-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/04\/mycli-mysql-command-line-client-with-auto-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"mycli &#8211; MySQL command line client with auto-completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/04\/mycli-mysql-command-line-client-with-auto-completion\/mycli\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?fit=1524%2C551&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1524,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mycli\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?fit=660%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28910\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli-500x181.png?resize=500%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?resize=500%2C181&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?resize=768%2C278&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?resize=1024%2C370&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?w=1524&amp;ssl=1 1524w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mycli.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycli.net\/\">mycli<\/a> is a MySQL \/ MariaDB \/ Pecona database command line client with syntax highlighting and auto-completion.\u00a0 Have a look at some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycli.net\/screenshots\">screenshots<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycli.net\/docs\">documentation<\/a> for features.<\/p>\n<p>Found via <a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1940324\/mysql-color-scheme\/11869895\">this StackOverflow discussion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>mycli is a MySQL \/ MariaDB \/ Pecona database command line client with syntax highlighting and auto-completion.\u00a0 Have a look at some of the screenshots and documentation for features. 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