MySQL Database Export

mysql> SELECT * FROM tutorials_tbl 
    -> INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/tutorials.txt';

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mysql> SELECT * FROM passwd INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/tutorials.txt'
    -> FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"'
    -> LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';

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Exporting Tables as Raw Data:

$ mysqldump -u root -p --no-create-info \
            --tab=/tmp TUTORIALS tutorials_tbl
password ******

						
Exporting Table Contents or Definitions in SQL Format:

$ mysqldump -u root -p TUTORIALS tutorials_tbl > dump.txt
password ******

						

-- MySQL dump 8.23
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: TUTORIALS
---------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version       3.23.58

--
-- Table structure for table `tutorials_tbl`
--

CREATE TABLE tutorials_tbl (
  tutorial_id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  tutorial_title varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
  tutorial_author varchar(40) NOT NULL default '',
  submission_date date default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (tutorial_id),
  UNIQUE KEY AUTHOR_INDEX (tutorial_author)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

--
-- Dumping data for table `tutorials_tbl`
--

INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl 
       VALUES (1,'Learn PHP','John Poul','2007-05-24');
INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl 
       VALUES (2,'Learn MySQL','Abdul S','2007-05-24');
INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl 
       VALUES (3,'JAVA Tutorial','Sanjay','2007-05-06');

						

$ mysqldump -u root -p TUTORIALS > database_dump.txt
password ******

						

$ mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases > database_dump.txt
password ******

						
Copying Tables or Databases to Another Host:

$ mysqldump -u root -p database_name table_name > dump.txt
password *****

						

$ mysql -u root -p database_name < dump.txt
password *****

						

$ mysqldump -u root -p database_name \
       | mysql -h other-host.com database_name