Check all MySQL tables at once

I'd like to run a CHECK TABLE on all my tables from the MySQL command-line.

I can do it for a single table:

mysql> check table Restaurant;
+--------------------+-------+----------+----------+
| Table              | Op    | Msg_type | Msg_text |
+--------------------+-------+----------+----------+
| foodbox.Restaurant | check | status   | OK       |
+--------------------+-------+----------+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Is there an equivalent command that would check all tables in the current database?

You could simplify your life with a shell script. Here is one I created for Linux, it is based on the mysqlcheck application

This script will check all tables in all databases except mysql and information_schema

vi check_all_databases.sh

#!/bin/bash
USER=root
Port=3306
PASSWD=password

DBS="$(/usr/bin/mysql --connect_timeout 10 -u $USER -P $Port -p$PASSWD -Bse 'SHOW DATABASES')"
for db in $DBS
        do
                if [ "$db" != "mysql" ] && [ "$db" != "information_schema" ];
                then
                        /usr/bin/mysqlcheck -u $USER -p$PASSWD -c $db
                fi
        done

Save the file

\wq

Then execute it

sh check_all_databases.sh

dbt2.customer                                      OK
dbt2.district                                      OK
dbt2.history                                       OK
dbt2.item                                          OK
dbt2.new_order                                     OK
dbt2.order_line                                    OK
dbt2.orders                                        OK

For Windows you would use a batch script or vbs to do the same thing.

The other option would be just to run the mysqlcheck application for the one database you are interested in checking.

/path/to/mysqlcheck -u username -pPASSWORD -c database_name

mysqlcheck will be in the directory you installed your mysql binary files in.

In Linux, you can locate it with the which command

which mysqlcheck

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