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Expand Up @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TiDB supports the `EXPLAIN [options] FOR CONNECTION connection_id` statement. Ho

> **Note:**
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> If you use the `mysql` client to connect to TiDB you may want to use `pager less -S` to avoid line wrapping in your terminal and instead press the right arrow on your keyboard to horizontally scroll through the explain output.
> When you use the MySQL client to connect to TiDB, to read the output result in a clearer way without line wrapping, you can use the `pager less -S` command. Then, after the `EXPLAIN` result is output, you can press the right arrow <kbd>→</kbd> button on your keyboard to horizontally scroll through the output.

Currently, `EXPLAIN` in TiDB outputs 5 columns: `id`, `estRows`, `task`, `access object`, `operator info`. Each operator in the execution plan is described by these attributes, with each row in the `EXPLAIN` output describing an operator. The description of each attribute is as follows:

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