[mysql] How to delete mysql database through shell command

I use the pylons and sqlalchemy. I constantly update the schema files and delete and recreate the database so that new schema can be made.

Every time I do this by opening the MySql Query Browser and login and delete the database/schema.

How do I delete the MySQL db/schema thorough linux shell commands in Ubuntu Linux?

[root@host]# mysqladmin -u root -p drop [DB]

Enter password:******

If you are tired of typing your password, create a (chmod 600) file ~/.my.cnf, and put in it:

[client]
user = "you"
password = "your-password"

For the sake of conversation:

echo 'DROP DATABASE foo;' | mysql

MySQL has discontinued drop database command from mysql client shell. Need to use mysqladmin to drop a database.

In general, you can pass any query to mysql from shell with -e option.

mysql -u username -p -D dbname -e "DROP DATABASE dbname"

Another suitable way:

$ mysql -u you -p
<enter password>

>>> DROP DATABASE foo;

No need for mysqladmin:

just use mysql command line

mysql -u [username] -p[password] -e 'drop database db-name;'

This will send the drop command although I wouldn't pass the password this way as it'll be exposed to other users of the system via ps aux

You can remove database directly as:

$ mysqladmin -h [host] -u [user] -p drop [database_name]

[Enter Password]

Do you really want to drop the 'hairfree' database [y/N]: y