Simple command to add to your Homestead .bash_aliases file to create a new MySQL database

gistfile1.sh

function newdb() {
    if [[ "$1" ]]
    then
        mysql -uhomestead -p -e "CREATE DATABASE $1 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci"
    else
        echo "Error: missing required parameter."
        echo "Usage: "
        echo "  newdb dbname"
    fi
}