Ok, thank you all. It was my mistake. I have quoted the SQL command with
single quotes under Windows.
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stijn Verholen" <sverholen@stripped>
To: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@stripped>
Cc: <mysql@stripped>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: show tables
> Octavian Rasnita wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to print the list of tables (one on a line) from a database into
>> an external file.
>> I have tried:
>>
>> mysql -u user -p database -e 'show tables;' > file.txt
>>
>> mysql -u root -p information_schema -e 'select table_name from tables
>> where table_schema="database_name";' > file.txt
>>
>> But the result was the help file displayed by MySQL when a command is not
>> correct. The SQL queries I gave are correct, because they work when I
>> give them at the mysql prompt.
>> The list of tables is big, and it doesn't fit into a screen and that's
>> why I need to print it into a file.
>>
>> Please tell me how can I do this if it possible.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Octavian
>>
>>
>
> Hey,
>
> Try:
>
> mysql -u<user> -p<password> -e "SHOW TABLES FROM <database>;" >
> file.txt
>
> Stijn
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