Bash script to run MySQL query

Question

I'm having issue connecting to MySQL and running a SQL query that is located in a directory.

This is what I have in the .sh file:

mysql -h hostname -P 3306 -u username -p password -A -e < /home/testing.sql

It returns an error "option '-e' requires an argument". The SQL file contains a simple create table statement in a schema I have access to.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

The option -e expects a statement that shall be e xecuted, and you specified no such statement. To fix that, remove the -e option. The -A stands for disabling auto rehashing, but that option is on by default, so you can remove that as well. Your line should therefore look like this:

mysql -h hostname -P 3306 -u username -p password < /home/testing.sql

Answer 2

这可以工作

mysql -h hostname -P 3306 -u username -p password -A -e "$(cat /home/testing.sql)" your_database

Answer 3

Turns out there should be no space between -p and password. That resolved the issue!