mysqldroptables.sh

#!/bin/bash
MHOST="$1"
MUSER="$2"
MPASS="$3"
MDB="$4"
 
 # Detect paths
 MYSQL=$(which mysql)
 AWK=$(which awk)
 GREP=$(which grep)
  
  if [ $# -ne 4 ]
  then
  	echo "Usage: ./mysqldroptables.sh {MySQL-Hostname} {MySQL-Username} {MySQL-Password} {MySQL-DBName}"
		echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
			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