How to delete mysql database through shell command

Question

I use the pylons and sqlalchemy. I constantly update the schema files and delete and recreate the database so that new schema can be made.

Every time I do this by o

Answer 1

[root@host]# mysqladmin -u root -p drop [DB]

Enter password:******

Answer 2

In general, you can pass any query to mysql from shell with -e option.

mysql -u username -p -D dbname -e "DROP DATABASE dbname"

Answer 3

MySQL has discontinued drop database command from mysql client shell. Need to use mysqladmin to drop a database.

Answer 4

Try the following command:

mysqladmin -h[hostname/localhost] -u[username] -p[password] drop [database]

Answer 5

Another suitable way:

$ mysql -u you -p
<enter password>

>>> DROP DATABASE foo;

Answer 6

If you are tired of typing your password, create a (chmod 600) file ~/.my.cnf, and put in it:

[client]
user = "you"
password = "your-password"

For the sake of conversation:

echo 'DROP DATABASE foo;' | mysql