mysql commands are not working properly from terminal

I used to access mysql through command from terminal using

mysql -u root -p 

And after that I also put the password of mysql. Now I want to show my databases using the command given below.

mysql> SHOW DATABASES -> 

But it shows nothing. So please help me with this problem.

1 Answer

Nothing wrong - everything works as supposed to do.

You typed an incomplete command and because this you see

mysql> SHOW DATABASES -> 

The mysql CLI waits for the completion of the command SHOW DATABASES. type ; followed by a Return

The correct syntax is

show databases; 

The commands are not case sensitive.