import sql file terminal code example

Example 1: linux command line import mysql database

# if your database is not locally hosted
mysql -u username -p -h dbhost dbname < filename.sql

Example 2: mysql load sql from file

mysql> use db_name;
 mysql> source file_name.sql;

Example 3: import sql via command line

mysql> use db_name;

mysql> SET autocommit=0 ; source the_sql_file.sql ; COMMIT ;

Example 4: import sql from terminal

mysql -u <username> -p <databasename> < <filename.sql>