Drop multiple databases with names matching a pattern

Question

I want to drop all the databases starting with a word.

abc
xyz
cms_db1
cms_db2
cms_xyz
pqr

In the example given above, I will like to drop all

Answer 1

A Linux way:

for db_name in $(mysql -u USER -pPASS -e "show databases like 'cms_%'" -ss)
do
     mysql -u USER -pPASS -e "drop database ${db_name}";
done