Chapter 31. Neo4j Shell

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Table of Contents

31.1. Starting the shell
31.2. Passing options and arguments
31.3. Enum options
31.4. Filters
31.5. Node titles
31.6. How to use (individual commands)
31.7. Extending the shell: Adding your own commands
31.8. An example shell session
31.9. 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!