---
name: "mysql_find_rows"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mariadb"
version: "13.0.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mariadb-find-rows"
---

# mysql\_find\_rows(1)

extract SQL statements from files (mariadb-find-rows is now a symlink to mariadb-find-rows)

Part of [mariadb-find-rows(1)](/mariadb-find-rows/1.md).

## NAME

mariadb-find-rows - extract SQL statements from files (mariadb-find-rows is now a symlink to mariadb-find-rows)

## SYNOPSIS

**mariadb-find-rows \[***options***\] \[***file\_name* **...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**mariadb-find-rows** reads files containing SQL statements and extracts statements that match a given regular expression or that contain USE *db\_name* or SET statements. The utility was written for use with update log files (as used prior to MySQL 5.0) and as such expects statements to be terminated with semicolon (;) characters. It may be useful with other files that contain SQL statements as long as statements are terminated with semicolons.

Invoke **mariadb-find-rows** like this:

```
shell> mariadb-find-rows [options] [file_name ...]
```

Each *file\_name* argument should be the name of file containing SQL statements. If no file names are given, **mariadb-find-rows** reads the standard input.

Examples:

```
mariadb-find-rows --regexp=problem_table --rows=20 < update.log
mariadb-find-rows --regexp=problem_table  update-log.1 update-log.2
```

**mariadb-find-rows** supports the following options:

• **--help**, **--Information**

Display a help message and exit.

• **--regexp=***pattern*

Display queries that match the pattern.

• **--rows=***N*

Quit after displaying *N* queries.

• **--skip-use-db**

Do not include USE *db\_name* statements in the output.

• **--start\_row=***N*

Start output from this row.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

## SEE ALSO

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

## AUTHOR

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).