Thanks for your reply. Just out of curiousity, is it possible to use it by "echoing" back the password somehow?
I think that "echoing" back the reply would work great if I ever needed any unattended process using scripts. Thanks. Peter On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Iikka Meriläinen wrote: > Hi, > > use this: mysql -u root -ppassword > > It's important NOT to put a space between -p and the real password. Having a > password in a script is unsafe at its best, though. I'm not sure if you have > any other options than to put it that way or enter it manually each time you > run the script. > > Regards, > Iikka > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi Carl, > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > I have created a shell script but I get stuck on the part where it asks to > > input password. > > > > How do I get the script to input the password that I put in? > > > > So far my script looks like this: > > > > ./mysql -u 'root' -p > > echo "abc" > > > > The script executes, but it just waits for the password after it executes > > the line: > > ./mysql -u 'root' -p > > > > Can anyone help with this? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Carl McNamee wrote: > > > > > I'm assuming that you are using some form of unix in this. From the system > > > prompt type "mysql -u root -ppassword < import_test1". If this works just > > > put it into a script (bash, perl, whatever) and run it either from the > > > command line or via cron if you want it automated. > > > > > > Carl McNamee > > > Systems Administrator > > > Billing Concepts > > > (210) 949-7282 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:58 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: automating import process > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I want to try to automate a phonebook list import process into MySQL > > > database. The phonebook was originally created with MS Access and > > > exported into a text file. I upload that text file onto my server and I > > > proceed with the following import process. > > > > > > Using Telnet I type: > > > # ./mysql -u 'root' -p > > > > > > It then asks > > > Enter password: > > > > > > I then select the database to use > > > mysql> use import_test1; > > > > > > I delete the previous phonebook list table because the import process does > > > not know that it should replace the previous records even though there > > > have been changes > > > mysql> use import_test1; > > > > > > mysql> exit > > > Bye > > > > > > > > > I then import by doing the following: > > > [root@ns2 bin]# ./mysqlimport --local -u "root" -p > > > --fields-terminated-by=, import_test1 phone2.txt > > > Enter password: > > > import_test1.phone2: Records: 53 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 1 > > > > > > > > > I was wondering is there anyway to automate this process in a script? > > > > > > I have never written a script in Linux before. If I can automate this > > > process, what kind of script should I use? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Before posting, please check: > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > ****************************************** > * Iikka Meriläinen * > * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Vaala, Finland * > ****************************************** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
