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7/21/2011 - 5:43 PM

MySQL zap all database tables

MySQL zap all database tables

#!/bin/bash
MUSER="$1"
MPASS="$2"
MDB="$3"
HOST="$4"

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

if [ $# -ne 4 ]
then
   echo "With great power comes great responsibility"
   echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name} {MySQL-Database-Host}"
   echo "Drops all tables"
   exit 1
fi

TABLES=$($MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS -h $HOST $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 $MDB -e "drop table $t"
done