Chapter 27. Neo4j Shell

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Table of Contents

27.1. Starting the shell
27.2. Passing options and arguments
27.3. Enum options
27.4. Filters
27.5. Node titles
27.6. How to use (individual commands)
27.7. Extending the shell: Adding your own commands
27.8. An example shell session
27.9. 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!