Chapter 28. Neo4j Shell

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Table of Contents

28.1. Starting the shell
28.2. Passing options and arguments
28.3. Enum options
28.4. Filters
28.5. Node titles
28.6. How to use (individual commands)
28.7. Extending the shell: Adding your own commands
28.8. An example shell session
28.9. A Matrix example

Neo4j shell is a command-line shell for browsing the graph, much like how the Unix shell along with commands like cd, ls and pwd can be used to browse your local file system. It consists of two parts:

a lightweight client that sends commands via RMI and
a server that processes those commands and sends the result back to the client.

It’s a nice tool for development and debugging. This guide will show you how to get it going!