Creating a MySQL Database Using a Variable in a BASH Script

Question

I'm trying to create a MySQL database using a variable in a BASH script. Here is the code giving me trouble: database="mysql --verbose --user=root --password --execute="create database foo"" When run it fails with an option listing. I'm sure the issue is with the use of quotes after the execute option but I can't figure out how to get it to work.

Answer 1

What is the point of setting the database variable?

mysql --verbose --user=root --password --execute="create database foo"

Should work just fine for creating the database foo

Answer 2

Try this:

#!/bin/sh
mysql --verbose --user=root --password --execute="create database $1"

save it in your bashscript folder and run it like:

nameofbashscript mydatabasename