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A quick snippet for doing a compressed mysql dump with a pv to monitor progress
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| mysqldump [database] | pv | gzip -c > [file].sql.gz |
the -W flag suggested by @mrvdot is required, otherwise the transfer will start without the password and effectively nothing will happen since there's no connection.
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You can also use
pv -Wto have it wait until transfer starts to begin reporting, allowing you to enter password via prompt