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MySQL drop tables shell script - added host support
#!/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: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name} {MySQL-Host}"
echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
exit 1
fi
TABLES=$($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
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