Determine mysql client version

Question

How to determine the current mysql client version in cent os? I've tried using select variables like "%version%".I'm assuming that select now() gives server version but not client version. Please correct me if my assumption is wrong

Answer 1

You can use:

mysql --version

It will output something like:

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.43, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1