How can I describe all tables in the database through one statement?

Question

Is there any statement that can describe all tables in a database?

Something like this:

describe * from myDB;

Answer 1

I am using linux way. First create a ~/.my.cnf to store the username and password for mysql. Next use the snippet below and run it in the linux terminal.

Generate the tables list and filter the header and awk to generate the column. Then, use the same method to DESC table_name.

for i in $(mysql MYDBNAME -e 'SHOW TABLES' | grep -v "Tables_in" | awk '{print $1}'); do echo "TABLE: $i"; mysql MYDBNAME -e "DESC $i"; done

Hope this helps.