/usr/bin/my_print_defaults Ver 26.7.0 for Linux on x86_64 (Source distribution) Copyright (c) 2000, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Prints all arguments that is give to some program using the default files Usage: /usr/bin/my_print_defaults [OPTIONS] groups -c, --config-file=name Deprecated, please use --defaults-file instead. Name of config file to read; if no extension is given, default extension (e.g., .ini or .cnf) will be added -#, --debug[=#] This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit -c, --defaults-file=name Like --config-file, except: if first option, then read this file only, do not read global or per-user config files; should be the first option -e, --defaults-extra-file=name Read this file after the global config file and before the config file in the users home directory; should be the first option -g, --defaults-group-suffix=name In addition to the given groups, read also groups with this suffix -e, --extra-file=name Deprecated. Synonym for --defaults-extra-file. -n, --no-defaults Ignore reading of default option file(s), except for login file. -l, --login-path=name Path to be read from under the login file. -x, --no-login-paths Ignore reading of the login file. -s, --show Show passwords in plain text. -?, --help Display this help message and exit. -v, --verbose Increase the output level -V, --version Output version information and exit. Default options are read from the following files in the given order: /etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf Variables (--variable-name=value) and boolean options {FALSE|TRUE} Value (after reading options) --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- config-file my defaults-file my defaults-extra-file (No default value) defaults-group-suffix (No default value) extra-file (No default value) login-path (No default value) show FALSE Example usage: /usr/bin/my_print_defaults --defaults-file=example.cnf client mysql