Once you have selected a database you are able to view the tables with the following command:
<sxh bash>
show tables;
</sxh>
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You are then able to view the details of the table with:
<sxh bash>
describe tablename;
</sxh>
You should be presented with an output similar to
<sxh bash>
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field   | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| name    | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| owner   | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| species | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| sex     | char(1)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| birth   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| death   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
</sxh>

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</sxh>