-u un --user=username Determines the user name for registration with MySQL.
-p --password Asks for input of password immediately after start of the command.
-pxxx --password=xxx Passes the password directly
-h hn --host=hostname Gives the name or IP number of the computer on which the server is running.
--protocol=name Determines which protocol should be used for communication between client and server.
-W --pipe Uses a named pipe for communication with the MySQL server.
-C --compress Minimizes the data flow between client and server by making use of data compression.
--default-character-set=name Specifies the character set for communication with the MySQL server (e.g., latin1 or utf8).
--character-sets-dir="dir" Specifies the directory in which the character set files are located (e.g., "C:/Programs/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.0/share/charsets").
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