mysqldump all databases code example

Example 1: export all databases mysql

# Export
 mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases > all.sql

Example 2: database dump mysql command

mysqldump -u username -p dbname > filename.sql

Example 3: mysqldump

# Syntax
mysqldump -u [username] -p [database-to-dump] > [database-to-receive]

# Pipe it! Exporting DB from external host
mysqldump -u [username] -P [port] -h [host] [database-to-dump] | mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 [database-to-receive]

# Export specific tables by typing the name after the targeted DB
mysqldump -u [username] -P [port] -h [host] [database-to-dump] [tabl1] [table2] [table3] | mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 [database-to-receive]

Example 4: database dump mysql command

mysql -u username -p dbname < filename.sql

Example 5: mysqldump - date

mysqldump -u <user> -p <database> | bzip2 -c > <backup>$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S).sql.bz2