Tools

Let's have a look at a few of the tools.

Cypher-shell

Cypher-shell is a command-line tool that comes with the default installation of Neo4j.

You will find it in the $NEO_HOME/bin folder. As already stated, it allows you to run Cypher queries interactively on a Neo4j server, such as the Neo4j browser:

Cypher-shell, interactive mode

It is also possible to use it in a unix-ian way, as the destination of a file. Suppose that we have a file named count.cy containing this query:

MATCH (n)
RETURN count(n);

We can use Cypher-shell like this:

Cypher-shell, in 'like a sysadmin' mode

Data integration tools

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