Scott Pippin wrote:

> I need to run a file called sms.sql from the command line.  Is this
> possible and what is the syntax?
> Thanks in advance.
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/usr/bin/mysql -u user_name database < sms.sql

I added this to my .bashrc  and saved my password in ~/.my.cnf
alias sql='/usr/bin/mysql -u xxx xxx '

then added
sq ()
{
  sql < $1
}

which allows me to use
sq sms.sql

walt



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