silent@silent-desktop ~/mangos/mangos-classic/sql $ ls
characters.sql    drop_mysql.sql          mangos.sql                       realmd.sql  updates
create_mysql.sql  mangos_spell_check.sql  postgre_compatibility_addon.sql  tools
silent@silent-desktop ~/mangos/mangos-classic/sql $ mysql -u root -p characters < characters.sql
Enter password:
ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'characters'
silent@silent-desktop ~/mangos/mangos-classic/sql $