PostgreSQL and MySQL CLI Cheatsheet MySQL dump mysqldump -h hostname -P 3306 -u user -p database > /path/to/dumpedfile.sql or mysqldump -h hostname -P 3306 -u user --password=e\$capedpassword database > /path/to/dumpedfile.sql
MySQL my.cnf Location: ~/.my.cnf Content: [client] host="localhost" port="3306" user="bill" password="g4te5" Usage mysql < /path/to/mysql/script.sql