Duplicate Entire MySQL Database

To remote server

mysqldump mydbname | ssh host2 "mysql mydbcopy"

To local server

mysqldump mydbname | mysql mydbcopy

First create the duplicate database:

CREATE DATABASE duplicateddb;

Make sure the user and permissions are all in place and:

 mysqldump -u admin -p originaldb | mysql -u backup -pPassword duplicateddb;

I sometimes do a mysqldump and pipe the output into another mysql command to import it into a different database.

mysqldump --add-drop-table -u wordpress -p wordpress | mysql -u wordpress -p wordpress_backup

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