mysqldump for few tables code example

Example 1: mysql dump specific tables

#note by specifying -p flag without a password it'll prompt you for pass

#dump specific files to a SQL file
mysqldump -u userHERE -p --lock-tables=false database_name table1 table2 table3 > mydb_tables.sql


#if you want to import a file into the data use this
mysql -u userHERE -p database_name < file.sql

Example 2: mysqldump 1 table only

mysqldump -u <db_username> -h <db_host> -p db_name table_name > table_name.sql