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A bash script to delete all tables from a MySQL database. Useful when your user connection has rights only at the table level, so dropping and recreating the database itself isn't an option.
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#!/bin/bash | |
MUSER="$1" | |
MPASS="$2" | |
MDB="$3" | |
MHOST="$4" | |
# Detect paths | |
MYSQL=$(which mysql) | |
AWK=$(which awk) | |
GREP=$(which grep) | |
if [ $# -ne 4 ] | |
then | |
echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name} {MySQL-Host}" | |
echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL database" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
TABLES=$($MYSQL -h $MHOST -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 -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "drop table $t" | |
done |
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