I think it should be
-pThePassword
So you should delete the space between -p and the pass. Also you should not use an apostrophe (except it is part of the pass itself. Use a backslash to escape special characters.
Second: *nix systems are case sensitive, please try mysql instead of MySQL
Update
You could also try to type your password into a file and read it with your script
mysql -u root -p`cat /tmp/pass` -e "SHOW DATABASES"
The file /tmp/pass should contain your password without any newline char at the end.
Update 2
Your Script is wrong.
- You can either use
mysql ... -e SELECT * FROM TABLE or mysql ... << EOF (without -e). You should not mix them.
- Don't forget to pass the databasename as a parameter (or with
use databasename;) in the sql
- Don't forget to add a
; after every sql command, if you have multiple statements
Method One:
mysql -u root -ppassword databasename -e "SELECT * FROM main"
Method Two:
mysql -u root -ppassword databasename << EOF
SELECT * FROM main
EOF
Method Three:
mysql -u root -ppassword << EOF
USE databasename;
SELECT * FROM main;
EOF