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cypher-shell — Open an interactive session and run Cypher queries against a Neo4j instance. See also: `neo4j-admin`

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Problem

How to use the cypher-shell command: Open an interactive session and run Cypher queries against a Neo4j instance. See also: neo4j-admin, mysql. More information: <https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/cypher-shell/>.

Solution

cypher-shell — Open an interactive session and run Cypher queries against a Neo4j instance. See also: neo4j-admin, mysql. More information: <https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/cypher-shell/>.

Connect to a local instance on the default port (neo4j://localhost:7687):

cypher-shell

Connect to a remote instance:

cypher-shell --address neo4j://{{host}}:{{port}}

Connect and supply security credentials:

cypher-shell --username {{username}} --password {{password}}

Connect to a specific database:

cypher-shell --database {{database_name}}

Execute Cypher statements in a file and close:

cypher-shell --file {{path/to/file.cypher}}

Enable logging to a file:

cypher-shell --log {{path/to/file.log}}

Display help:

cypher-shell --help

Code Snippets

Connect to a local instance on the default port (`neo4j://localhost:7687`)

cypher-shell

Connect to a remote instance

cypher-shell --address neo4j://{{host}}:{{port}}

Connect and supply security credentials

cypher-shell --username {{username}} --password {{password}}

Connect to a specific database

cypher-shell --database {{database_name}}

Execute Cypher statements in a file and close

cypher-shell --file {{path/to/file.cypher}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/cypher-shell

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