Output MySQL source results to log file

Question

I am trying to execute foo.sql using the source command in MySQL.

When I type the command, the file is sourced accordingly:

mysql> source ~/foo.sql


        

Answer 1

Use the command line:

mysql -p dbname < ~/foo.sql > ~/foo.txt

Answer 2

You could do it from the shell prompt:

$ mysql -p dbname < foo.sql > foo.txt

Answer 3

From within your MySQL client, type

tee session.out

From that point on, all the I/O of in your current client session is written to the file 'session.out'