mysql -u root -h localhost -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 17 Server version: 8.0.22-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 (Ubuntu) mysql> use testdb; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +------------------+ | Tables_in_testdb | +------------------+ | test | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from test; +--------------------+ | message | +--------------------+ | Ansible To Do List | | Get ready | | Ansible is fun | +--------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)