How to execute a MySQL command from a shell script

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How can I execute an SQL command through a shell script so that I can make it automated?

I want to restore data I have collected in a SQL file using a shell script. I want to connect to a server and restore data. The command works when executed separately via SSH command line.

This is the command I use:

mysql -h "server-name" -u root "password" "database-name" < "filename.sql"

This is the shell script code that creates the file ds_fbids.sql and pipes it into mysql.

perl fb_apps_frm_fb.pl
perl fb_new_spider.pl ds_fbids.txt ds_fbids.sql
mysql -h dbservername -u username -ppassword dbname < ds_fbids.sql

What is the correct way to do this?

Aug 20, 2020 in PHP by kartik
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Hello @kartik,

You need to use the -p flag to send a password. And it's tricky because you must have no space between -p and the password.

$ mysql -h "server-name" -u "root" "-pXXXXXXXX" "database-name" < "filename.sql"

If you use a space after -p it makes the mysql client prompt you interactively for the password, and then it interprets the next command argument as a database-name:

$ mysql -h "server-name" -u "root" -p "XXXXXXXX" "database-name" < "filename.sql"
Enter password: <you type it in here>
ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'XXXXXXXX'

Actually, I prefer to store the user and password in ~/.my.cnf so I don't have to put it on the command-line at all:

[client]
user = root
password = XXXXXXXX

Then:

$ mysql -h "server-name" "database-name" < "filename.sql"

Hope it helps!!

Thank you!!

answered Aug 20, 2020 by Niroj
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