--help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

--base64-output[=value]

This option determines when events should be displayed encoded as base-64 strings using BINLOG statements. The option has these allowable values (not case sensitive):

For examples that show the effect of --base64-output and --verbose on row event output, see Section 4.6.7.2, “mysqlbinlog Row Event Display”.

--character-sets-dir=path

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 9.5, “Character Set Configuration”.

--database=db_name, -d db_name

This option causes mysqlbinlog to output entries from the binary log (local log only) that occur while db_name is been selected as the default database by USE.

The --database option for mysqlbinlog is similar to the --binlog-do-db option for mysqld, but can be used to specify only one database. If --database is given multiple times, only the last instance is used.

The effects of this option depend on whether the statement-based or row-based logging format is in use, in the same way that the effects of --binlog-do-db depend on whether statement-based or row-based logging is in use.

Statement-based logging.  The --database option works as follows:

Suppose that the binary log was created by executing these statements using statement-based-logging:

INSERT INTO test.t1 (i) VALUES(100);
INSERT INTO db2.t2 (j)  VALUES(200);
USE test;
INSERT INTO test.t1 (i) VALUES(101);
INSERT INTO t1 (i)      VALUES(102);
INSERT INTO db2.t2 (j)  VALUES(201);
USE db2;
INSERT INTO test.t1 (i) VALUES(103);
INSERT INTO db2.t2 (j)  VALUES(202);
INSERT INTO t2 (j)      VALUES(203);

mysqlbinlog --database=test does not output the first two INSERT statements because there is no default database. It outputs the three INSERT statements following USE test, but not the three INSERT statements following USE db2.

mysqlbinlog --database=db2 does not output the first two INSERT statements because there is no default database. It does not output the three INSERT statements following USE test, but does output the three INSERT statements following USE db2.

Row-based logging.  mysqlbinlog outputs only entries that change tables belonging to db_name. The default database has no effect on this. Suppose that the binary log just described was created using row-based logging rather than statement-based logging. mysqlbinlog --database=test outputs only those entries that modify t1 in the test database, regardless of whether USE was issued or what the default database is.

If a server is running with binlog_format set to MIXED and you want it to be possible to use mysqlbinlog with the --database option, you must ensure that tables that are modified are in the database selected by USE. (In particular, no cross-database updates should be used.)

--debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is 'd:t:o,file_name'. The default is 'd:t:o,/tmp/mysqlbinlog.trace'.

--debug-check

Print some debugging information when the program exits.

--debug-info

Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits.

--disable-log-bin, -D

Disable binary logging. This is useful for avoiding an endless loop if you use the --to-last-log option and are sending the output to the same MySQL server. This option also is useful when restoring after a crash to avoid duplication of the statements you have logged.

This option requires that you have the SUPER privilege. It causes mysqlbinlog to include a SET sql_log_bin = 0 statement in its output to disable binary logging of the remaining output. The SET statement is ineffective unless you have the SUPER privilege.

--force-read, -f

With this option, if mysqlbinlog reads a binary log event that it does not recognize, it prints a warning, ignores the event, and continues. Without this option, mysqlbinlog stops if it reads such an event.

--hexdump, -H

Display a hex dump of the log in comments, as described in Section 4.6.7.1, “mysqlbinlog Hex Dump Format”. The hex output can be helpful for replication debugging.

--host=host_name, -h host_name

Get the binary log from the MySQL server on the given host.

--local-load=path, -l path

Prepare local temporary files for LOAD DATA INFILE in the specified directory.

--offset=N, -o N

Skip the first N entries in the log.

--password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option and the password. If you omit the password value following the --password or -p option on the command line, mysqlbinlog prompts for one.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 5.3.2.2, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

--port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to a remote server.

--position=N

Deprecated. Use --start-position instead. --position is removed in MySQL 5.5.

--protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the allowable values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting to the MySQL Server”.

--read-from-remote-server, -R

Read the binary log from a MySQL server rather than reading a local log file. Any connection parameter options are ignored unless this option is given as well. These options are --host, --password, --port, --protocol, --socket, and --user.

This option requires that the remote server be running. It works only for binary log files on the remote server, not relay log files.

--result-file=name, -r name

Direct output to the given file.

--server-id=id

Display only those events created by the server having the given server ID.

--set-charset=charset_name

Add a SET NAMES charset_name statement to the output to specify the character set to be used for processing log files.

--short-form, -s

Display only the statements contained in the log, without any extra information.

--socket=path, -S path

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

--start-datetime=datetime

Start reading the binary log at the first event having a timestamp equal to or later than the datetime argument. The datetime value is relative to the local time zone on the machine where you run mysqlbinlog. The value should be in a format accepted for the DATETIME or TIMESTAMP data types. For example:

shell> mysqlbinlog --start-datetime="2005-12-25 11:25:56" binlog.000003

This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See Section 6.3, “Example Backup and Recovery Strategy”.

--start-position=N, -j N

Start reading the binary log at the first event having a position equal to or greater than N. This option applies to the first log file named on the command line.

This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See Section 6.3, “Example Backup and Recovery Strategy”.

--stop-datetime=datetime

Stop reading the binary log at the first event having a timestamp equal to or later than the datetime argument. This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See the description of the --start-datetime option for information about the datetime value.

This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See Section 6.3, “Example Backup and Recovery Strategy”.

--stop-position=N

Stop reading the binary log at the first event having a position equal to or greater than N. This option applies to the last log file named on the command line.

This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See Section 6.3, “Example Backup and Recovery Strategy”.

--to-last-log, -t

Do not stop at the end of the requested binary log from a MySQL server, but rather continue printing until the end of the last binary log. If you send the output to the same MySQL server, this may lead to an endless loop. This option requires --read-from-remote-server.

--user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL user name to use when connecting to a remote server.

--verbose, -v

Reconstruct row events and display them as commented SQL statements. If this option is given twice, the output includes comments to indicate column data types and some metadata.

For examples that show the effect of --base64-output and --verbose on row event output, see Section 4.6.7.2, “mysqlbinlog Row Event Display”.

--version, -V

Display version information and exit.

open_files_limit

Specify the number of open file descriptors to reserve.