mysql — The MySQL Command-Line Client mysql>  help me Nothing found Please try to run ’help contents’ for a list of all accessible topics mysql>  help contents You asked for help about help category: "Contents" For more information, type ’help <item>’, where <item> is one of the following categories: Account Management Administration Data Definition Data Manipulation Data Types Functions Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BY Geographic Features Language Structure Plugins Storage Engines Stored Routines Table Maintenance Transactions Triggers mysql>  help logs Many help items for your request exist. To make a more specific request, please type ’help <item>’, where <item> is one of the following topics: SHOW SHOW BINARY LOGS SHOW ENGINE SHOW LOGS mysql>  help show binary logs Name: ’SHOW BINARY LOGS’ Description: Syntax: SHOW BINARY LOGS SHOW MASTER LOGS Lists the binary log files on the server. This statement is used as part of the procedure described in [purge-binary-logs], that shows how to determine which logs can be purged. mysql> SHOW BINARY LOGS; mysql>  HELP rep% Many help items for your request exist. To make a more specific request, please type ’help <item>’, The search string can contain the wildcard characters  %  and  _ . These have the same meaning as for pattern-matching operations performed with the  LIKE  operator. For example,  HELP rep%  returns a list of topics that begin with  rep : If the search string matches multiple items,  mysql  shows a list of matching topics: Use a topic as the search string to see the help entry for that topic: Use  help contents  to see a list of the help categories: 443 +---------------+-----------+-----------+ | Log_name | File_size | Encrypted | +---------------+-----------+-----------+ | binlog.000015 | 724935 | Yes | | binlog.000016 | 733481 | Yes | +---------------+-----------+-----------+