Mysql SQL in bash one-liner
If you just need a quick way to get some data from a mysql database in your shell (bash), you could do something like this in one line: mysql -h your.server.edu -u db_username -p`cat /path/to/your/homedir/secretpasswordfile` -e “;use databasename; SELECT tablename.columnname FROM tablename where id like ‘421111’ and something like ‘1’ and option like ’23’;”; >