mysql putty command delete duplicates

Question

I like to delete duplicate links from mysql database

From phpmyadmin this command is ok for smal database but get error about some time i have 5gb data in the table

DELETE t2 FROM Link t1 JOIN Link t2 ON (t2.page = t1.page AND t2.linkID > t1.linkID);

I like to delete duplicate links from putty ssh but get error:

[root@server]# mysql -p

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mysql> select database
    -> DELETE t2 FROM   Link t1 JOIN   Link t2 ON (t2.page = t1.page AND t2.linkID > t1.linkID);
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DELETE t2 FROM   Link t1 JOIN   Link t2 ON (t2.page = t1.page AND t2.linkID > t1' at line 2
mysql>

how to?

Answer 1

It is best to delete using a simpler query like this

DELETE FROM T2 WHERE LINK IN 
(SELECT T2.LINK FROM T1 JOIN T2 ON (T2.PAGE=T1.PAGE AND T2.LINKID > T1.LINKID))