How to Check MySQL Database Size in Linux | Linux Today

How to Check MySQL Database Size in Linux

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Aaron Kili
Dec 18, 2017

Tecmint: In this article, learn how to check the size of MySQL/MariaDB databases and tables via the MySQL shell. You will learn how to determine the real size of a database file on the disk as well as size of data that it present in a database.

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Aaron Kili

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