MySQL-Bundled Command-line Utilities
mysqladmin
"mysqladmin" is a command-line utility bundled with MySQL package (under the "bin" sub-directory) for the database administrators to perform some basic administrative tasks such as shutting-down the server, setting root password, changing root password, monitoring mysql processes, reloading privileges, checking server status etc.
Shutting-down Server Safely
$ mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
Setting root's Password
$ mysqladmin -u root password YOUR_PASSWORD
Changing root's Password
$ mysqladmin -u root -pOLDPASSWORD password NEWPASSWORD
[TODO] more
mysqldump
See section "Backup and Restore Databases" in "How to Install MySQL".
[TODO] more.
PhpMyAdmin
PhpMyAdmin is a PHP webapp for administrating and manipulating MySQL/MariaDB. PhpMyAdmin is usually bundled with an AMP (Apache-MySQL-PHP) distribution, such as XAMPP.
See "PhpMyAdmin" section under "Setting Up Apache-MySQL/MariaDB-PHP (AMP)".
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