Only show tables with certain patterns in mysql "show tables"

Question

There are too many tables in a db. how can I only show tables with certain patterns? Or is there a way I can do paging like "| more" in shell command?

Answer 1

show tables like 'pattern'; 

Answer 2

• use show tables like 'pattern'
• pattern is a string using wildcard characters "%","_"
• % matches any number of characters, even zero characters.
• _ matches exactly one character.

for example:

• show tables like 'test%' will filter tables such as "test1,testF,test111,testFoo"

• show tables like 'test_' will filter tables such as "test1,testF"