Only show tables with certain patterns in mysql "show tables"

There are too many tables in a db. how can I only show tables with certain pattern开发者_运维知识库s? Or is there a way I can do paging like "| more" in shell command?

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show tables like 'pattern';

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• use show tables like 'pattern'
• pattern is a string using wildcard characters "%","_"
• % matches any number of characters, even zero characters.
• _ matches exactly one character.

for example:

• show tables like 'test%' will filter tables such as "test1,testF,test111,testFoo"

• show tables like 'test_' will filter tables such as "test1,testF"

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You don't have to use show tables, you can also query information_schema.TABLES using any filter.

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In Spark SQL you need to use an asterisk symbol, SHOW tables LIKE '*table_name*

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this can be used to have a glimpse of all the tables

select * from tab;

and identify the columns names. Thereafter, use

select * from tab where tname like '%D_';