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

mysql -B -N -u root -pPASSWORD -h somehost \
-e "SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT('describe ', table_name, ';') AS query FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema='DATABASE_NAME_HERE' " | \
mysql -B -N -u root -pPASSWORD -h somehost DATABASE_NAME_HERE