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Using a result set to call stored procedures for ad hoc queries

Using mysql -e’s feature, combined with awk and xargs, I was able to call an existing stored procedure repeatedly for a resultset. Yes, I could have written another stored procedure to do this, I realize. But I guess I like doing things the hard way. Either that, or this is just less code. Or I wanted the awk and xargs practice. Whatever.

mysql database -e "select id from category where foreign_key in (2771, 2769, 2766, 2772, 2767)" | awk -F\| '{print $1}' | xargs -ivar mysql database -e "call move_category(var, 5666)"