Shell/Bash Commands Execution from MySQL Client or Stored Procedure/function


Today I am going to explain ways to execute shell or bash commands from mysql clients or stored procedure and function. There are basically 2 method to do so:
Method 1: Use MySQL Client inbuilt feature
 To run single command: \! command or system command. eg \! uptime or system command
 To get terminal \! bash or \! sh

Method 2: Deploy external plugin (lib_mysqludf_sys)
Step 1: Download lib_mysqludf_sys from github:
git clone https://github.com/mysqludf/lib_mysqludf_sys.git 
Step 2: Install libmysqlclient15-dev, for Ubuntu you can use:
apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev 
Step 3: Note down o/p of:
mysql -uroot -pxxxx -e "select @@plugin_dir;" 
Step 4: Change directory to git clone dir.
cd lib_mysqludf_sys/
Step 5: Compile and put plugin in plugin dir
gcc -Wall -I/usr/include/mysql -I. -shared lib_mysqludf_sys.c -o {value from step 3}lib_mysqludf_sys.so -fPIC 
Step 6: Create necessary functions for lib_mysqludf_sys:
mysql -uroot -pxxx mysql -e "source lib_mysqludf_sys.sql" 
Step 7: library lib_mysqludf_sys contains a number of functions that allows one to interact with the operating system.

sys_eval - executes an arbitrary command, and returns it's output eg: select sys_eval("df -h")
sys_exec - executes an arbitrary command, and returns it's exit code eg: select sys_exec("df -h")
sys_get - gets the value of an environment variable.
sys_set - create or update an environment variable.
lib_mysqludf_sys_info - information about the currently installed version of lib_mysqludf_sys.

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