Name

neo4j-shell — a command-line tool for exploring and manipulating a
graph database

Synopsis

neo4j-shell [REMOTE OPTIONS]

neo4j-shell [LOCAL OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Neo4j shell is a command-line shell for browsing the graph, much like
how the Unix shell along with commands like cd, ls and pwd can be
used to browse your local file system. The shell can connect directly
to a graph database on the file system. To access local a local
database used by other processes, use the readonly mode.

REMOTE OPTIONS

-port PORT
    Port of host to connect to (default: 1337).
-host HOST
    Domain name or IP of host to connect to (default: localhost).
-name NAME
    RMI name, i.e. rmi://<host>:<port>/<name> (default: shell).
-readonly
    Access the database in read-only mode.

LOCAL OPTIONS

-path PATH
    The path to the database directory. If there is no database at
    the location, a new one will e created.
-pid PID
    Process ID to connect to.
-readonly
    Access the database in read-only mode.
-c COMMAND
    Command line to execute. After executing it the shell exits.
-config CONFIG
    The path to the Neo4j configuration file to be used.

EXAMPLES

Examples for remote:

  neo4j-shell
  neo4j-shell -port 1337
  neo4j-shell -host 192.168.1.234 -port 1337 -name shell
  neo4j-shell -host localhost -readonly

Examples for local:

  neo4j-shell -path /path/to/db
  neo4j-shell -path /path/to/db -config /path/to/neo4j.config
  neo4j-shell -path /path/to/db -readonly

