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Cypher Shell

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Cypher Shell

This folder contains Cypher Shell, the command line interface to Neo4J.

How to build

JAR and ZIP distribution

JAR and ZIP distribution are build using maven from cypher-shell subproject.

RPM and Debian packages

RPM and Debian packages are build using make from packaging directory, see packaging readme for details.

How to run

This clears any previously known neo4j hosts, starts a throw-away instance of neo4j using docker, and connects to it.

sh
rm -rf ~/.neo4j/known_hosts
docker run --rm -p 7687:7687 -e NEO4J_AUTH=none neo4j:4.1
make run

Development

Integration tests

See integration-test.

Tyre Kicking Test

A minimal test of the executable can be run with make tyre-kicking-test.