> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mariadb.com/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/legacy-clients-and-utilities/mysql_find_rows.md).

# mysql\_find\_rows

`mysql_find_rows` reads files containing SQL statements and extracts statements that match a given regular expression or that contain [USE db\_name](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/administrative-sql-statements/use-database.md) or [SET](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/administrative-sql-statements/set-commands/set.md) statements.

From [MariaDB 10.5](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.5/what-is-mariadb-105.md), the client is called `mariadb-find-rows`. It can still be accessed under its original `mysql_find_rows` name via a symlink in Linux, or an alternate binary in Windows.

See [mariadb-find-rows](/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/administrative-tools/mariadb-find-rows.md) for details.

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