How to Import Multiple csv files into a MySQL Database

Question

Is there a way to import multiple csv files at the same time into a MySQL database? Some sort of batch import?

I\'m on Mac OSX running a MAMP server.

I have

Answer 1

You could use a shell script to loop through the files (this one assumes they're in the current directory):

#!/bin/bash

for f in *.csv
do
    mysql -e "load data infile '"$f"' into table my_table" -u username --password=your_password my_database
done