Run MySQL query on remote machine through ssh in command line

Question

I am trying to run MySQL query on remote machine with this command:

ssh [email protected] "mysql -uroot -proot -e \"use test";"" 

I am not able to use that database.

Please suggest a working command.

Answer 1

Try this:

mysql -h host -u root -proot -e "show databases;"; 

Answer 2

Try this:

ssh root@host "mysql database -e 'query to run on table_name; more queries to run;'" 

Same can be done with user@host if that user has permission to execute SQL queries let alone launch mysql in general. Using -e is the same as --execute, which will run whatever you put within the trailing quotes (single or double) and quit. The standard output format would be the same as you would see using --batch.