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#1使用命令行模式進入mysql會看到最開始的提示符 
Your MySQL connection id is 3 
Server version: 5.1.69 Source distribution 

#2命令行中使用status可以看到 

復制代碼代碼如下:

mysql> status; 
-------------- 
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.69, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1 
Connection id:3 
Current database: 
Current user: root@localhost 
SSL: Not in use 
Current pager:stdout 
Using outfile:'' 
Using delimiter:; 
Server version:5.1.69 Source distribution 
Protocol version:10 
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket 
Server characterset:utf8 
Db characterset:utf8 
Client characterset:utf8 
Conn. characterset:utf8 
UNIX socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock 
Uptime: 3 days 14 hours 50 sec 
Threads: 1 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 15 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 8 Queries per second avg: 0.0 

#3 使用系統函數 

復制代碼代碼如下:

mysql> select version(); 
+-----------+ 
| version() | 
+-----------+ 
| 5.1.69 | 
+-----------+ 
1 row in set (0.12 sec) 

#4 $ mysql --help | grep Distrib 
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.69, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1 

#5 包管理工具（根據不同系統 rh系列或則是bsd系列） 
$ rpm -qa|grep mysql 
qt-mysql-4.6.2-20.el6.x86_64 
mysql-server-5.1.69-1.el6_4.x86_64 
mysql-libs-5.1.69-1.el6_4.x86_64 
mysql-5.1.69-1.el6_4.x86_64 
mysql-devel-5.1.69-1.el6_4.x86_64 

REF:www.cnblogs.com/end/archive/2011/10/18/2216461.html