Chapter 28. Neo4j Shell

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. An example shell session
28.8. A Matrix example

Neo4j shell is a command-line shell for running Cypher queries. There’s also commands to get information about the database. In addition, you can browse 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’s a nice tool for development and debugging. This guide will show you how to get it going!