drop_db_tables.sh

1-drop_db_tables.sh

#!/bin/bash
MUSER="$1"
MPASS="$2"
MDB="$3"

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

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name}"
  echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
  exit 1
fi

TABLES=$($MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e 'show tables' | $AWK '{ print $1}' | $GREP -v '^Tables' )
# $MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS -e "drop database $MDB"

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

2-Description.md

Deletes all tables in the specified database.Usage:dump_db_tables.sh