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Commands tagged mysql

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ssh username@remotehost 'mysqldump -u <dbusername> -p<dbpassword> <dbname> tbl_name_1 tbl_name_2 tbl_name_3' | mysql -u <localusername> -p<localdbpassword> <localdbname> < /dev/stdin
2011-03-09 18:35:07
User: tur_ki_sh
Functions: ssh
Tags: mysql ssh mysqldump
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A command to copy mysql tables from a remote host to current host via ssh.

In the example above 3 tables are copied. You can change the number of tables. You should be able to come up with variants of the command by modifying the mysqldump part easily, to copy some part of remote mysql DB.

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tar xfzO <backup_name>.tar.gz | mysql -u root <database_name>
2011-02-10 22:18:42
User: alecnmk
Functions: tar
Tags: mysql pipe restore tar mysqldump tar.gz
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restore .tar.gz on the fly

`tar xfzO` extracts to STDOUT which got redirected directly to mysql. Really helpful, when your hard drive can't fit two copies of non-compressed database :)

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mytop
2011-01-04 14:47:01
User: bashrc
Tags: mysql
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Monitor the queries being run by MySQL
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tshark -i any -T fields -R mysql.query -e mysql.query
2010-11-11 17:06:29
User: cannie
Tags: mysql tshark
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capture mysql queries sent to server
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mysqlcheck -op -u<user> <db>
2010-10-06 00:25:49
User: Weboide
Tags: mysql optimize
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command line to optimize all table from a mysql database

-o : optimize

-p : asks for password

-u : user to use for authentication

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(pv -n ~/database.sql | mysql -u root -pPASSWORD -D database_name) 2>&1 | zenity --width 550 --progress --auto-close --auto-kill --title "Importing into MySQL" --text "Importing into the database"
2010-06-19 22:40:10
User: kbrill
Tags: mysql pv zenity
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Import SQL into MySQL with a progress meter

This uses PV to monitor the progress of the MySQL import and displays it though Zenity. You could also do this

pv ~/database.sql | mysql -u root -pPASSWORD -D database_name

and get a display in the CLI that looks like this

2.19MB 0:00:06 [ 160kB/s] [> ] 5% ETA 0:01:40

My Nautalus script using this command is here

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1253285.html#post1253285

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mysql -e"SHOW STATUS LIKE '%uptime%'"|awk '/ptime/{ calc = $NF / 3600;print $(NF-1), calc"Hour" }'
2010-03-31 09:09:29
User: AymanFekri
Functions: awk
Tags: mysql uptime
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Mysql uptime

show Mysql uptime

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zcat database.sql.gz | mysql -uroot -p'passwd' database
2010-03-23 12:41:57
User: foolano
Functions: zcat
Tags: mysql gzip zcat
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Restore mysql database uncompressing on the fly.

This way you keep the file compressed saving disk space.

Other way less optimal using named pipes:

mysql -uroot -p'passwd' database <

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mysql>use DBNAME; mysql>source FILENAME
2010-03-19 10:21:40
User: teloon
Tags: mysql
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import database
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mysqldump -u UNAME -p DBNAME TABLENAME> FILENAME
2010-03-19 10:20:19
User: teloon
Tags: mysql
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dump a single table of a database to file
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for I in $(mysql -e 'show databases' -u root --password=root -s --skip-column-names); do mysqldump -u root --password=root $I | gzip -c | ssh user@server.com "cat > /remote/$I.sql.gz"; done
2010-03-07 15:03:12
User: juliend2
Functions: gzip ssh
Tags: mysql ssh gzip mysqldump
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Backup all mysql databases to individual files on a remote server

It grabs all the database names granted for the $MYSQLUSER and gzip them to a remote host via SSH.

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mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD database | gzip > /path/to/db/files/db-backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.sql.gz ;find /path/to/db/files/* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
2009-10-28 19:49:39
User: nadavkav
Functions: gzip rm
Tags: mysql backup find gzip mysqldump
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backup local MySQL database into a folder and removes older then 5 days backups
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ssh user@host "mysqldump -h localhost -u mysqluser -pP@$$W3rD databasename | gzip -cf" | gunzip -c > database.sql
2009-10-05 00:57:51
User: daws
Functions: gunzip ssh
Tags: mysql mysqldump
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Get a MySQL DB dump from a remote machine

This command will dump a database on a remote stream to stdout, compress it, stream it to your local machine, decompress it and put it into a file called database.sql.You could even pipe it into mysql on your local machine to restore it immediately. I had to use this recently because the server I needed a backup from didn't have enough disk space.

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sqlite3 mydb.sqlite3 '.dump' | grep -vE '^(BEGIN|COMMIT|CREATE|DELETE)|"sqlite_sequence"' | sed -r 's/"([^"]+)"/`\1`/' | tee mydb.sql | mysql -p mydb
2009-10-02 14:40:51
User: mislav
Functions: grep sed tee
Tags: mysql sqlite dump
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Transfer sqlite3 data to mysql

Filters out all non-insert SQL operations (we couldn't filter out only lines starting with "INSERT" because inserts can span multiple lines), quotes table names with backticks, saves dump to a file and pipes it straight to mysql.

This transfers only data--it expects your schema is already in place. In Ruby on Rails, you can easily recreate the schema in MySQL with "rake db:schema:load RAILS_ENV=production".

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grep CONFIG $(which mysqlbug)
2009-09-23 17:12:37
User: Velenux
Functions: grep which
Tags: mysql
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Determine configure options used for MySQL binary builds

Output is from Debian Lenny

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cat `whereis mysqlbug | awk '{print $2}'` | grep 'CONFIGURE_LINE='
2009-07-21 07:44:27
User: numbata
Functions: awk cat grep
Tags: mysql
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Determine configure options used for MySQL binary builds
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perror NUMBER
2009-03-31 19:19:44
User: alperyilmaz
Tags: mysql perror error
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Explanation of system and MySQL error codes

perror should be installed if mysql-server package is installed

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slave start; SELECT MASTER_POS_WAIT('master.000088','8145654'); slave stop;
2009-03-26 14:11:43
User: slim
Tags: mysql slave master replication database
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positions the mysql slave at a specific master position

say you want to reinitialize the slave database without resetting the master positions. You stop the slave, dump the master database with --master-data=2 then execute the command on the slave and wait for it to stop at the exact position of the dump. reinit the slave db and start the slave. enjoy.

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mysql DATABASE -N -s -r -e 'SQL COMMAND'
2009-03-24 19:53:46
User: alperyilmaz
Tags: mysql
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raw MySQL output to use in pipes

-N removes header

-s removes separator chars

-r raw output

After using these options, the MySQL ouptut can be used with pipes very easily

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echo -e "[client]\nuser = YOURUSERNAME\npassword = YOURPASSWORD" > ~/.my.cnf
2009-03-24 19:05:39
User: alperyilmaz
Functions: echo
Tags: mysql bash
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Passwordless mysql{,dump,admin} via my.cnf file

The file .my.cnf located at user's home directory is used for mysql login. If this file exists, then

mysql -uYOURUSERNAME -pYOURPASSWORD database -e 'SOME SQL COMMAND'

can be replaced with

mysql database -e 'SOME SQL COMMAND'

It saves you from typing!

This is valid for mysqladmin and mysqldump commands as well.

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cat schema.sql data.sql test_data.sql | mysql -u user --password=pass dbname
2009-03-24 08:39:40
User: tristan_ph
Functions: cat
Tags: mysql cat
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Load multiple sql script in mysql

Be aware of using the --password argument as it will appear your password in plain text on the screen. You may use -p argument instead, it will prompt you to enter you password in hidden mode.

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mysql --database=dbname -B -N -e "SHOW TABLES" | awk '{print "ALTER TABLE", $1, "CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;"}' | mysql --database=dbname &
2009-03-21 18:45:15
User: root
Functions: awk
Tags: mysql
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Convert all MySQL tables and fields to UTF8

This loops through all tables and changes their collations to UTF8. You should backup beforehand though in case some data is lost in the process.

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watch -n 1 uptime\;myqladmin --user=<user> --password=<password> --verbose processlist
2009-03-21 18:29:28
User: root
Functions: watch
Tags: mysql
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Monitor server load as well as running MySQL processes

Useful for monitoring both MySQL and the server load at the same time.

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ssh user@host 'mysqldump dbname | gzip' > /path/to/backups/db-backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.sql.gz
2009-02-18 21:12:53
User: root
Functions: ssh
Tags: mysql
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Backup a remote database to your local filesystem

I have this on a daily cronjob to backup the commandlinefu.com database from NearlyFreeSpeech.net (awesome hosts by the way) to my local drive. Note that (on my Ubuntu system at least) you need to escape the % signs on the crontab.

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watch -n 1 mysqladmin --user=<user> --password=<password> processlist
2009-02-16 11:21:16
User: root
Functions: watch
Tags: mysql
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Monitor the queries being run by MySQL

Watch is a very useful command for periodically running another command - in this using mysqladmin to display the processlist. This is useful for monitoring which queries are causing your server to clog up.

More info here: http://codeinthehole.com/archives/2-Monitoring-MySQL-processes.html

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