Drop all tables in MySQL via SSH

create a new file called 'drop_all_tables.sh'


vi drop_all_tables.sh


and paste the following into it and save...


#!/bin/bash
MUSER="$1"
MPASS="$2"
MDB="$3"

# Detect paths
MYSQL=$(which mysql)
AWK=$(which awk)
GREP=$(which grep)

if [ $# -ne 3 ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 {MySQL-User-Name} {MySQL-User-Password} {MySQL-Database-Name}"
echo "Drops all tables from a MySQL"
exit 1
fi

TABLES=$($MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e 'show tables' | $AWK '{ print $1}' | $GREP -v '^Tables' )

for t in $TABLES
do
echo "Deleting $t table from $MDB database..."
$MYSQL -u $MUSER -p$MPASS $MDB -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;drop table $t;SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;"
done


then do


./drop_all_tables.sh USER PASS DATABASENAME


Thanks goes to the original author of this script (without the FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS) located here.