mysqldump cli command

1mysqldump -u username -p dbname > filename.sql

1# Syntax
2mysqldump -u [username] -p [database-to-dump] > [database-to-receive]
3
4# Pipe it! Exporting DB from external host
5mysqldump -u [username] -P [port] -h [host] [database-to-dump] | mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 [database-to-receive]
6
7# Export specific tables by typing the name after the targeted DB
8mysqldump -u [username] -P [port] -h [host] [database-to-dump] [tabl1] [table2] [table3] | mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 [database-to-receive]

1Press CTRL+C to copy shell> mysqldump --databases db1 db2 db3 > dump.sql