mysqlimport — A Data Import Program authenticate as. To create or modify a login path file, use the  mysql_config_editor  utility. See Section 4.6.7, “mysql_config_editor — MySQL Configuration Utility” . For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling” . Use  LOW_PRIORITY  when loading the table. This affects only storage engines that use only table-level locking (such as  MyISAM ,  MEMORY , and  MERGE ). Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to reading unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults  can be used to prevent them from being read. The exception is that the  .mylogin.cnf  file is read in all cases, if it exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even when  --no-defaults  is used. To create .mylogin.cnf , use the  mysql_config_editor  utility. See Section 4.6.7, “mysql_config_editor — MySQL Configuration Utility” . For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling” . The password of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The password value is optional. If not given,  mysqlimport  prompts for one. If given, there must be  no space  between  --password=  or -p  and the password following it. If no password option is specified, the default is to send no password. Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an option file. See Section 6.1.2.1, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security” . To explicitly specify that there is no password and that  mysqlimport  should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password  option. On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option applies only if the server was started with the  named_pipe  system variable enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition, the user making the connection must be a member of the Windows group specified by the named_pipe_full_access_group  system variable. The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if the  --default-auth  option is used to specify an authentication plugin but  mysqlimport  does not find it. See Section 6.2.17, “Pluggable Authentication” . For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use. 508 • --low-priority • --no-defaults • --password[= password ] ,  -p[ password ] • --pipe ,  -W • --plugin-dir= dir_name • --port= port_num ,  -P  port_num