mysql command line return execution time?

Question

I\'m working on a Linux host with mysql command. I have a script that runs batch mysql commands (like mysql -e \"select...\") and I wish to summarize execution time

Answer 1

You can invoke mysql with -vv, it will pretty-print similar to when you're in interactive mode:

$ mysql -vv -u myUser -pMyPass DBname -e 'select count(*) from mytable;'
--------------
select count(*) from mytable
--------------

+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|  1068316 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Bye

If you're piping your queries, then it's -vvv:

$ echo 'select count(*) from mytable;' | mysql -vvv -u myUser -pMyPass DBname
--------------
select count(*) from mytable
--------------

+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|  1068316 |
+----------+
1 row in set (1.34 sec)

Bye

Time's yours to grep. :D