Can I Get list of MySql DBs from Ubuntu Command Prompt

Question

Is there any terminal command to know the MySql Databases existing on my Ubuntu server?

I know that I can check out/list all Sql DBs from within Sql by this: SHOW DATABASES;

But can we execute main-main MySql commands from Ubutnu Server Terminal command prompt, without entering Sql itself?

Answer 1

echo "SHOW DATABASES;" | mysql -u user_name -p password