Automate mysql_secure_installation with echo command via a shell script

Question

I am trying to automate mysql_secure_installation script with automated response. My code is as follows :

echo \"& y y abc abc y y y y\" | ./usr/bin/mysq         


        

Answer 1

sudo mysql -e "SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost = PASSWORD('123');FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" 

printf "123\n n\n n\n n\n y\n y\n y\n" | sudo mysql_secure_installation

Enter current password for root (enter for none)? (I have 123 set for root)

Switch to unix_socket authentication? n

Change the root password? n

Remove anonymous users? n

Disallow root login remotely? y

Remove test database and access to it? y

Reload privilege tables now? y

Version: mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.4.6-MariaDB, for osx10.14 (x86_64) using readline 5.1