drop-all-tables.sh

#!/bin/bash

MHOST="$1"
MPORT="$2"
MUSER="$3"
MPASS="$4"
MDB="$5"

# Detect paths
MYSQL=$(which mysql)
AWK=$(which awk)
GREP=$(which grep)

if [ $# -ne 5 ]
then
  echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-Host} {MySQL-Port} {MySQL-Username} {MySQL-Password} {MySQL-Database}"
  echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
  exit 1
fi

echo
echo "DROPPING ALL TABLES ON $MDB DATABASE!"
echo

read -p "Are you sure you want to continue? (yes/no) "
if [ "$REPLY" != "yes" ]; then
  exit 0
fi
echo

TABLES=$($MYSQL -h $MHOST -P $MPORT -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e 'show tables' | $AWK '{ print $1}' | $GREP -v '^Tables' )

for t in $TABLES
do
  echo "Deleting $t table from $MDB database..."
  $MYSQL -h $MHOST -P $MPORT -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "drop table $t"
done

echo
echo "Done"