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mytop — Display MySQL server performance info like `top`. More information: <https://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysq

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Problem

How to use the mytop command: Display MySQL server performance info like top. More information: <https://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/mytop.html>.

Solution

mytop — Display MySQL server performance info like top. More information: <https://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/mytop.html>.

Start mytop:

mytop

Connect with a specified username and password:

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} {{[-p|-password]}} {{password}}

Connect with a specified username (the user will be prompted for a password):

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} -prompt

Do not show any idle (sleeping) threads:

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} {{[-p|-password]}} {{password}} --noidle

Code Snippets

Start `mytop`

mytop

Connect with a specified username and password

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} {{[-p|-password]}} {{password}}

Connect with a specified username (the user will be prompted for a password)

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} -prompt

Do not show any idle (sleeping) threads

mytop {{[-u|-user]}} {{user}} {{[-p|-password]}} {{password}} --noidle

Context

tldr-pages: common/mytop

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