take dump of mysql database mysql command line code example

Example 1: dump mysql

mysqldump -u username -p database_name > data-dump.sql

Example 2: mysql dump mysql db cli

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

DUMP:
mysqldump -u username -p dbname --lock-tables=false > filename.sql

Import:
mysql -u username -p dbname < filename.sql

Import external:
mysql -h host -u username -p dbname < filename.sql