MySQL drop all tables from the database

README.md

drop_tables.sh

Drop all tables from database

Usage

$ ./drop_tables.sh <db-user> <db-pass> <db-name> <db-host>

The last parameter <db-host> is optional and defaults to localhost

Source

drop_tables.sh

#!/bin/bash
MUSER="$1"
MPASS="$2"
MDB="$3"
MHOST="${4:-localhost}"

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

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

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

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