#!/usr/bin/env ruby tables = %x{mysql -Bse "SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA NOT IN ('information_schema','mysql') AND Data_free > 0 AND ENGINE IN ('MyISAM','InnoDB','ARCHIVE')"} tables.each { |table| tableitems = table.chomp.split(/\t/) system "mysql #{tableitems[0]} -Bse \"OPTIMIZE TABLE #{tableitems[1]}\" | grep -q OK" if $?.to_i > 0 then puts "error while optimizing #{tableitems[0]}. #{tableitems[1]}" end }