On 17 Aug 2001 06:13:08 +0000, Munish  Malhotra wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> Can you please tell me how  to access data from a MySql database using a Bash Shell 
>Script i.e. how to connect to a MySql database and retrive records and to disconnect 
>from database. 
>          I shall be very thankful to you.


[tonu@x153 tonu]$ /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -e "SELECT NOW(); SELECT
VERSION()"
+---------------------+
| NOW()               |
+---------------------+
| 2001-08-17 14:55:42 |
+---------------------+
+-----------------+
| VERSION()       |
+-----------------+
| 4.0.0-debug-log |
+-----------------+
[tonu@x153 tonu]$

There are some additional flags which can be used to turn headers and
boxes around data off if you need to.

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