This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG . MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not  built using this option. 

## • --verbose , -v 

Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does. This option may be helpful in diagnosing problems if an operation does not have the effect you expect. 

## • --version , -V 

Display version information and exit. 

## mysql_config_editor Commands and Command-Specific Options 

This section describes the permitted mysql_config_editor  commands, and, for each one, the command-specific options permitted following the command name on the command line. 

In addition, mysql_config_editor  supports general options that can be used preceding any command. For descriptions of these options, see mysql_config_editor General Options. 

mysql_config_editor  supports these commands: 

## • help 

Display a general help message and exit. This command takes no following options. 

To see a command-specific help message, invoke mysql_config_editor  as follows, where command is a command other than help : 

mysql_config_editor command  --help 

## • print [ options ] 

Print the contents of the login path file in unobfuscated form, with the exception that passwords are displayed as ***** . 

The default login path name is client  if no login path is named. If both --all  and --login-path  are given, --all  takes precedence. 

The print  command permits these options following the command name: 

## • --help , -? 

Display a help message for the print  command and exit. 

To see a general help message, use mysql_config_editor --help . 

## • --all 

Print the contents of all login paths in the login path file. 

## • --login-path= name , -G name 

Print the contents of the named login path. 

## • remove [ options ] 

Remove a login path from the login path file, or modify a login path by removing options from it. 

