man(8)

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💖 man(8) — the influx girlie pop page 💖

okay so bestie, you found a section 8 manual page (man(8), admin/system tools energy, very main character) and it's all about influx 🦋 buckle up.

✨ NAME ✨

influx — the InfluxDB Shell. that's it, that's the name, short and iconic 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

influx [options]

literally just run it with options, that's the whole vibe ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

influx is an interactive shell to InfluxDB. you sit in it, you type stuff, you talk to your database. it's giving bestie-to-bestie communication 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per option, no skips, no skimping, we're doing all of them 💖

  • -version — Display the version and exit. that's it, she peeks at the version and dips 😌
  • -host <host name> — Host to connect to. tell her where to go, fr fr 🌈
  • -port <port> — Port to connect to. the door number, the entrance, the moment 🚪✨
  • -database <database name> — Database to connect to the server. which database are we visiting today bestie 🍓
  • -password <password> — Password to connect to the server. leaving it blank will prompt for password. so if you're shy, just leave it empty and she'll ask you nicely 🙈
  • -username <username> — Username to connect to the server. who even are you, identify yourself 💀
  • -dump — Dump the contents of the given database to stdout. like a full-on data waterfall, straight to stdout, no cap 🌊
  • -execute <command> — Execute command and quit. one command, one moment, then she's gone 😭
  • -format json | csv | column — Format specifies the format of the server responses: json, csv, or column. pick your aesthetic, she'll serve it up in whichever one you choose 🎀
  • -pretty — Turns on pretty print for the json format. json but with the glow-up, highkey obsessed ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • influxd(1) — the sibling, the server-side bestie, go say hi 👋

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Alexandre Viau (alexandre@alexandreviau.net) — thank you for your service, king 👑

and that's the whole page bestie, nothing skipped, nothing lost, every flag accounted for 🫶

version 1.0 🌸 dated 18 July 2015 🌈 and yeah this was page man(8) all along — iykyk, periodt 💅✨

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