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# mycli

> A CLI for MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
> More information: <https://manned.org/mycli>.

- Connect to a database with the currently logged in user:

`mycli {{database_name}}`

- Connect to a database with the specified user:

`mycli -u {{user}} {{database_name}}`

- Connect to a database on the specified host with the specified user:

`mycli -u {{user}} -h {{host}} {{database_name}}`
