Being a terminal fan myself, I usually find myself running
queries in the mysql client instead of a UI interface as it is
much faster. You get to see the results instantaneously.
One thing which is pretty tedious is editing a big query again
after once running it as the whole multi-line formatted query now
appears on a single line, thus reducing its readability.
But no problems, you can edit your query from a file and run the
file from your mysql client terminal as many times as you want
with as many edits.
To do so, follow the below steps:
1. Open your terminal and cd into the folder you want to
store our sample mysql file. Then save your query in a sample
file called my_query.sql
$ cd /path/to/folder
$ vim my_query.sql
Save a sample query like:
SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE type LIKE …
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12
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