-t,--terminators
It causes the trailing terminator tokens to be kept in the returned atomic statements (by default they
are discarded instead).
The strings currently recognized as terminators (depending on the context) are:
• ";" (the semicolon character);
• any string defined by the MySQL "DELIMITER" command;
• an ";" followed by an "/" (forward-slash character) on its own line;
• an ";" followed by an "." (dot character) on its own line, followed by an "/" on its own line;
• an "/" on its own line regardless of the preceding characters (only if the "slash_terminates" option,
explained below, is set).
The multi-line terminators above are always treated as a single token, that is they are discarded (or
returned) as a whole (regardless of the "--no-slash-terminates" option value).
-x,--spaces,--extra-spaces
It causes the space characters around the statements, if any, to be kept in the returned atomic
statements (by default they are trimmed instead). A mnemonic for the short version is "X-tra spaces".
-c,--comments
It causes the comments, if any, to be kept in the returned atomic statements (by default any comment is
discarded instead).
Both SQL and multi-line C-style comments are recognized.
-m,--empty,--empty-statements
It causes the empty statements to be returned (by default, they are discarded instead).
A statement is considered empty when it contains no characters other than the terminator and space
characters. A statement composed solely of comments is not recognized as empty and it is therefore
returned, if the "--comments" option is used. Note instead that an empty statement is recognized as such
regardless of the use of the "--terminators" and "--extra-spaces" options.
A mnemonic for this option is keep "M-ty" statements.
--no-slash,--no-slash-terminates
By default a "/" (forward-slash) on its own line, even without a preceding semicolon, is admitted as a
candidate terminator.
When this option is used instead, a forward-slash on its own line is treated as a statement terminator
only if preceded by a semicolon or by a dot and a semicolon.
If you are dealing with Oracle's SQL, you should not use this option, since a slash (alone, without a
preceding semicolon) is often used as a terminator, as it is permitted by SQL*Plus (on non-block
statements).
With SQL dialects other than Oracle, there is the (theoretical) possibility that a slash on its own line
could pass the additional checks and be considered a terminator (while it shouldn't). This chance should
be really tiny (it has never been observed in real world code indeed). Though negligible, this option
will anyway rule out that risk.
-s,--oss,--output-statement-separatorstring
The string which will be printed between every pair of returned atomic statements. By default, it is a
"--" (doubledash) on its own line.
To use special characters (such as newlines) when passing such string, please consult your shell docs
(for example, in Bash the above mentioned default separator could be defined as "$'\n--\n'").
Note that the last returned statement (for each processed file) will not be followed by such separator.
-f,--ofs,--output-file-separatorstring
The string which will be printed between the groups of statements coming from different files. By default
it is the "-- >>>*<<< --" string on its own line.
Similarly to the statement separator, the file separator will not be printed after the last file.
-e,--error,--on-errorvalue
It controls the program behavior in case one of the given files is not accessible.
It can take the following values:
• "stop" or 0, which causes the program to die at the first file which can not be opened, but it prints
all the statements split that far (this is the default);
• "continue" or 1, which causes the program, when it encounters a file error, to just emit a warning
(on STDERR) and continue with the next file;
• "no-output" or 2, which, just like "stop", causes the program to die at the first file error, but in
this case it does not print any statement, not even those coming from the previous (already read)
files; in other words, the statements are printed out only if (and after) all of the given files have
been successfully read.
The above listed string values are case-insensitive.
-h,-?,--help
It prints a brief help message and exits.
--man
It shows the full man page.
--version
It prints the program version and exits.
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