SQL: print all the databases

‘show databases’ command is used to print all the available databases.

 

Step 1: Connect to mysql server by executing the command 'mysql -u root -p'.

bash-3.2$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 43
Server version: 8.0.21 Homebrew

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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> 

 

Step 2: Execute the command ‘show databases’ to get all the databases.

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| demo               |
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sys                |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

 

 

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