Package: mysql-client-core-5.7 Version: 5.7.16-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz
On the man page please mention how to casually peruse the history file, .mysql_history. One needs a tool, else one faces octal. # ascii2uni -a K .mysql_history|diff -U0 .mysql_history -|tail 97 tokens converted -show\040databases +show databases @@ -49 +49 @@ -SELECT\040*\040FROM\040mysql.user; +SELECT * FROM mysql.user; @@ -51,2 +51,2 @@ -\134h -help\040select +\h +help select