Estimating number of read/write queries in mysql

Does Mysql provide any variable through which I can get the number of read and write queries served since s开发者_开发技巧erver restart? Just want to estimate the Requests per second served by my db.

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SHOW GLOBAL STATUS WHERE Variable_name = 'Com_insert';
SHOW GLOBAL STATUS WHERE Variable_name = 'Com_select';

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