MySQL: how to drop multiple tables using single query?

Question

I want to drop multiple tables with ease without actually listing the table names in the drop query and the tables to be deleted have prefix say \'wp_\'

Answer 1

Just sharing one of the solutions:

mysql> SELECT CONCAT( "DROP TABLE ",
GROUP_CONCAT(TABLE_NAME) ) AS stmt

FROM information_schema.TABLES

WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = "your_db_name" AND TABLE_NAME LIKE "ur condition" into outfile '/tmp/a.txt';

mysql> source /tmp/a.txt;