Problem
You want to perform command line display of mysql dbs with mysqlshow.
Solution
Is this demo, I show the options for mysqlshow.
mysqlshow is a real easy way to quickly view your dbs, tables and rows.
Example
Show Databases
$ mysqlshow -i -u'root' -p'xxxxxx'+---------------+| Databases |+---------------+| demo || mysql || test |+---------------+
Show number of tables under each db
$ mysqlshow -v -i -u'root' -p'xxxxx'+---------------+--------+| Databases | Tables |+---------------+--------+| demo | 1 || mysql | 15 || test | 0 |+---------------+--------+5 rows in set.
Show total number of rows for each db
[marcus@bagend ~]$ mysqlshow -v -v -i -u'root' -p'xxxxx'+---------------+--------+--------------+| Databases | Tables | Total Rows |+---------------+--------+--------------+| demo | 1 | 7 || mysql | 15 | 1383 || test | 0 | 0 |+---------------+--------+--------------+5 rows in set.