isamchk

Is a utility to describe, check, optimize, and repair ISAM tables, or to unpack a 

packed ISAM table

  myisamchk

Is a utility to describe, check, optimize, and repair MyISAM tables or to 

unpack a packed MyISAM table

  mysql_install_db

Creates the MySQL grant tables with default privileges. Normally, it is 

executed only once when first installing MySQL on a system.

  mysql_fix_privilege_tables

This script is used after an upgrade install operation to update the grant 

tables with any changes that were made in newer versions of MySQL. 

  make_binary_distribution

Is a program that makes a binary release of a compiled MySQL version in 

order to distribute it

  mysqlbug

Is a bug reporting script. It can be used to send a bug reports to the MySQL 

list.

  myisampack

Is a pack utility to compress MyISAM tables

  packisam

Is a pack utility to compress ISAM tables

Overview of the MySQL client side scripts and utilities

In this section, the distributed set of client side tools provided by MySQL AB are 

introduced.

  msql2mysql

Is a script that converts mSQL programs to MySQL.

  mysql

Is a simple SQL shell for interactively entering queries or executing queries 

from file. It supports interactive and non interactive use.

  mysqlcc

Is the MySQL Control Center that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to 

the MySQL database server. It provides database and table management 

and, allows server administration.

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