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Page and Search Through MySQL

Need to explore results in the MySQL REPL? The pager command can help.

Let's set our pager of choice (we'll use Less):

mysql> pager less
PAGER set to 'less'

Then, execute the query:

mysql> select * from users;

The result will be loaded in the Less pager. From here, we can navigate or search through the results.

Leave the custom pager with \n:

mysql> \n
PAGER set to stdout
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