How to retrieve the current version of a MySQL database management system (DBMS)?

Question

What command returns the current version of a MySQL database?

Answer 1

With CLI in one line :

mysql --user=root --password=pass --host=localhost db_name --execute='select version()';

or

mysql -uroot -ppass -hlocalhost db_name -e 'select version()';

return something like this :

+-----------+
| version() |
+-----------+
| 5.6.34    |
+-----------+