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Created January 8, 2016 08:14
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a bash script that gets all databases and backs them up one by one
#!/bin/bash
USER="root"
PASSWORD="*******"
OUTPUT="/backups/databases"
rm "$OUTPUT/*gz" > /dev/null 2>&1
databases=`mysql --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD -e "SHOW DATABASES;" | tr -d "| " | grep -v Database`
for db in $databases; do
if [[ "$db" != "information_schema" ]] && [[ "$db" != _* ]] ; then
echo "Dumping database: $db"
mysqldump --force --opt --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --databases $db > $OUTPUT/`date +%Y%m%d`.$db.sql
gzip $OUTPUT/`date +%Y%m%d`.$db.sql
fi
done
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