Connect to DB mysql with Bash script

Question

I cant find the command in bash that open the connection to mysql and then I could enter user and password and send query.

In Perl its something like this:

use DBI;
$myConnection = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:DBNAME:localhost", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD");

Maybe someone can advise?

Answer 1

I think you need something like that.

query="example"
mysql -u username -p password mysql -e "$query";

Src: MySql documentation.

Hope have been helpful.

Answer 2

Or you could use a hereoc :

mysql -u  username -p password mysql <<-EOF
query1;
query2;
.
.
EOF