Re: syntaxError: unexpected identifier in shell mysqladmin -u

[Dimi Tree]

mysql-shell-1.0.10-windows-x86-64bit.
this is what is says during start:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\mysql-shell-1.0.10-windows-x86-64bit\bin>mysqlsh --uri root@localhost
Creating a Session to 'root@localhost'
Enter password:
Your MySQL connection id is 5
Server version: 5.7.19 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
No default schema selected; type \use <schema> to set one.
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