27.8. An example shell session

 # where are we?
 neo4j-sh (0)$ pwd
 Current is (0)
 (0)


 # On the current node, set the key "name" to value "Jon"
 neo4j-sh (0)$ set name "Jon"

 # send a cypher query
 neo4j-sh (Jon,0)$ start n=node(0) return n
 +----------------------+
 | n                    |
 +----------------------+
 | Node[0]{name->"Jon"} |
 +----------------------+
 1 rows, 14 ms



 # make an incoming relationship of type LIKES, create the end node with the node properties specified.
 neo4j-sh (Jon,0)$ mkrel -c -d i -t LIKES --np "{'app':'foobar'}"

 # where are we?
 neo4j-sh (Jon,0)$ ls
 *name =[Jon]
 (me)<-[:LIKES]-(1)


 # change to the newly created node
 neo4j-sh (Jon,0)$ cd 1

 # list relationships, including relationshship id
 neo4j-sh (1)$ ls -avr
 (me)-[:LIKES,0]->(Jon,0)


 # create one more KNOWS relationship and the end node
 neo4j-sh (1)$ mkrel -c -d i -t KNOWS --np "{'name':'Bob'}"

 # print current history stack
 neo4j-sh (1)$ pwd
 Current is (1)
 (Jon,0)-->(1)


 # verbose list relationships
 neo4j-sh (1)$ ls -avr
 (me)-[:LIKES,0]->(Jon,0)
 (me)<-[:KNOWS,1]-(Bob,2)