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Section: MySQL Database System (1)
Updated: 12/16/2009
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NAME

mysqldumpslow - Summarize slow query log files

SYNOPSIS

mysqldumpslow [options] [log_file ...]

DESCRIPTION

The MySQL slow query log contains information about queries that take a long time to execute (see Section 5.2.5, lqThe Slow Query Logrq). mysqldumpslow parses MySQL slow query log files and prints a summary of their contents.

Normally, mysqldumpslow groups queries that are similar except for the particular values of number and string data values. It lqabstractsrq these values to N and 'S' when displaying summary output. The -a and -n options can be used to modify value abstracting behavior.

Invoke mysqldumpslow like this:

shell> mysqldumpslow [options] [log_file ...]

mysqldumpslow supports the following options.

: * --help
Display a help message and exit.

: * -a
Do not abstract all numbers to N and strings to 'S'.

: * --debug, -d
Run in debug mode.

: * -g pattern
Consider only queries that match the (grep-style) pattern.

: * -h host_name
Host name of MySQL server for *-slow.log file name. The value can contain a wildcare. The default is * (match all).

: * -i name
Name of server instance (if using mysql.server startup script).

: * -l
Do not subtract lock time from total time.

: * -n N
Abstract numbers with at least N digits within names.

: * -r
Reverse the sort order.

* -s sort_type

How to sort the output. The value of sort_type should be chosen from the following list:

: * t, at: Sort by query time or average query time

: * l, al: Sort by lock time or average lock time

: * s, as: Sort by rows sent or average rows sent

: * c: Sort by count

: * -t N
Display only the first N queries in the output.

: * --verbose, -v
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

Example of usage:

shell> mysqldumpslow
Reading mysql slow query log from /usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld51-apple-slow.log
Count: 1  Time=4.32s (4s)  Lock=0.00s (0s)  Rows=0.0 (0), root[root]@localhost
 insert into t2 select * from t1
Count: 3  Time=2.53s (7s)  Lock=0.00s (0s)  Rows=0.0 (0), root[root]@localhost
 insert into t2 select * from t1 limit N
Count: 3  Time=2.13s (6s)  Lock=0.00s (0s)  Rows=0.0 (0), root[root]@localhost
 insert into t1 select * from t1

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