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Drop all tables from MySQL database without root privileges
#!/bin/bash
MUSER="$1"
MPASS="$2"
MDB="$3"
# Detect paths
MYSQL=$(which mysql)
AWK=$(which awk)
GREP=$(which grep)
if [ $# -ne 3 ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name}"
echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
exit 1
fi
TABLES=$($MYSQL -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 -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;"
$MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "drop table $t"
done
$MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1;"
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