How to feed mysql queries from bash
Solution 1
Try like this:
echo "select 1" | mysql
Solution 2
Try using a here document like this:
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password << END
CREATE USER 'testuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'jakdJxct8W';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS 'testuser_dev' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 'testuser_dev' . * TO 'testuser'@'localhost';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS 'testuser_qa' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 'testuser_qa' . * TO 'testuser'@'localhost';
END
Alternatively place all you commands in text file and run it:
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password < commands.sql
Solution 3
mysql --batch --silent -e 'SHOW TABLES';
Batch and silent are handy if you are planning to pipe the output
Solution 4
The reason your attempt did not work was because the <
expects a file name and you fed it a string. You would have to do something like
echo "YOURQUERYSTRINGHERE">tmpfile
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password dbname <tmpfile
ken's suggestion of
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password -e "QUERY" dbname
can work, but if you try to use bash variables in your query you can fall foul of parameter expansion. eg
QUERY="select * from $MYTABLE WHERE name=\"[email protected]\";"
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password -e "$QUERY" mydbname
may not do what you expect. One option is use
echo "$QUERY"|mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password mydbname
which works if the query string contains appropriate quoting. Another option is the "here" document as suggested by dogbane.
Solution 5
Have you tried mysql -e query
?
tirithen
System developer with focus on JavaScript (mostly excited about Polymer 3) and Go. Always eager to learn new things.
Updated on October 16, 2020Comments
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tirithen over 3 years
I'm trying to make a bash script that creates a mysql user and database but I can't find a way to feed the sql into mysql, I'm trying with this format:
mysql < echo "query"
But that is not working, see the example below:
mysql --host=localhost --user=user --password=password < echo "CREATE USER 'testuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'jakdJxct8W'; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS 'testuser_dev' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 'testuser_dev' . * TO 'testuser'@'localhost'; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS 'testuser_qa' DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 'testuser_qa' . * TO 'testuser'@'localhost';"
How to feed mysql with the queries?
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adlawson about 11 years+1 I'd also like to mention that if the query uses backticks, you need to quote the opening label:
mysql <<'END'
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Bennett Brown about 8 yearsGood explanation of OP's error. Thanks for gathering others' responses and explaining caveats!
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Ken about 7 years@cerd --batch without --silent shows column headers