CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

mysql version

mysqladmin version
 - or -
mysqladmin ve

## Example Output
mysqladmin  Ver 9.1 Distrib 10.3.36-MariaDB, for Linux on x86_64
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Server version          10.3.36-MariaDB-log
Protocol version        10
Connection              Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket             /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Uptime:                 22 hours 40 sec

Threads: 8  Questions: 271157  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 272  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 264  Queries per second avg: 3.421