Can send SQL statements to MySQL servers for execution

Can execute external shell commands

Can test whether the result from an SQL statement or shell command is as expected

Can connect to one or more standalone mysqld servers and switch between connections

Can connect to an embedded server (libmysqld), if MySQL is compiled with support for libmysqld. (In this case, the executable is named mysqltest_embedded rather than mysqltest.)

--help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

--basedir=dir_name, -b dir_name

The base directory for tests.

--big-test, -B

Define the mysqltest variable $BIG_TEST as 1. This option was removed in MySQL 4.1.23, 5.0.30, and 5.1.13.

--character-sets-dir=path

The directory where character sets are installed. This option was added in MySQL 4.1.23, 5.0.32, and 5.1.13.

--compress, -C

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression.

--cursor-protocol

Use cursors for prepared statements (implies --ps-protocol). This option was added in MySQL 5.0.19.

--database=db_name, -D db_name

The default database to use.

--debug[=debug_options], -#[debug_options]

Write a debugging log if MySQL is built with debugging support. The default debug_options value is 'd:t:S:i:O,/tmp/mysqltest.trace'.

--debug-check

Print some debugging information when the program exits. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.

--debug-info

Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.14.

--host=host_name, -h host_name

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

--include=file_name, -i file_name

Include the contents of the given file before processing the contents of the test file. The included file should have the same format as other mysqltest test files. This option has the same effect as putting a --source file_name command as the first line of the test file. This option was added in MySQL 4.1.23, 5.0.30, and 5.1.7.

--logdir=dir_name

The directory to use for log files. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.14.

--mark-progress

Write the line number and elapsed time to test_file.progress. This option was added in MySQL 4.1.23, 5.0.30, and 5.1.12.

--max-connect-retries=num

The maximum number of connection attempts when connecting to server. This option was added in MySQL 4.1.23, 5.0.23, and 5.1.11.

--no-defaults

Do not read default options from any option files.

--password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option and the password. If you omit the password value following the --password or -p option on the command line, you are prompted for one.

--port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

--ps-protocol

Use the prepared-statement protocol for communication.

--quiet

Suppress all normal output. This is a synonym for --silent.

--record, -r

Record the output that results from running the test file into the file named by the --result-file option, if that option is given.

--result-file=file_name, -R file_name

This option specifies the file for test case expected results. --result-file, together with --record, determines how mysqltest treats the test actual and expected results for a test case:

--server-arg=value, -A value

Pass the argument as an argument to the embedded server. For example, --server-arg=--tmpdir=/tmp or --server-arg=--core. Up to 64 arguments can be given.

--server-file=file_name, -F file_name

Read arguments for the embedded server from the given file. The file should contain one argument per line.

--silent, -s

Suppress all normal output.

--skip-safemalloc

Do not use memory allocation checking.

--sleep=num, -T num

Cause all sleep commands in the test case file to sleep num seconds. This option does not affect real_sleep commands.

As of MySQL 5.0.23, an option value of 0 can be used, which effectively disables sleep commands in the test case.

--socket=path, -S path

The socket file to use when connecting to localhost (which is the default host).

--sp-protocol

Execute DML statements within a stored procedure. For every DML statement, mysqltest creates and invokes a stored procedure that executes the statement rather than executing the statement directly. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.19.

--test-file=file_name, -x file_name

Read test input from this file. The default is to read from the standard input.

--timer-file=file_name, -m file_name

The file where the timing in microseconds is written.

--tmpdir=dir_name, -t dir_name

The temporary directory where socket files are put.

--user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.

--verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print out more information what the program does.

--version, -V

Display version information and exit.

--view-protocol

Every SELECT statement is wrapped inside a view. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.19.