#!/bin/bash if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then echo "Usage: $0 " exit 1 fi /usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo "=> Creating database $1" RET=1 while [[ RET -ne 0 ]]; do sleep 5 mysql -uroot -e "CREATE DATABASE $1" RET=$? done mysqladmin -uroot shutdown echo "=> Done!"