Adding hours/mins to the date variable, as I may run this many times during theme development

drupal-quick-dump.sh

#!/bin/bash
# usage: drupal-quick-dump user host database D8 ("D8" is optional)
# remember to chmod u+x drupal-quick-dump.sh 

BOLD="$(tput bold)"
RED="$(tput setaf 1)"
GREEN="$(tput setaf 2)"
MAG="$(tput setaf 5)"
RESET="$(tput sgr0)"
USER="$1"
HOST="$2"
DB="$3"
# the fourth parameter might include "D8" as a compatibility flag
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M)
# trap read debug

if [ -z "$1" ] 
  then
    echo "Please provide the database user, host and database name, after the command. Add \"D8\" for a compatible dumpfile."
    for f in /var/www/drupal/sites/*/settings*; do
      if [ -e "$f" ] 
        then
          # print out connection string info for compatible deployments
          grep -E "^ *('username'|'password'|'database'|'host')" /var/www/drupal/sites/*/settings*
          break
      fi
      done
    exit 1
fi

# Get User Password
echo "Please provide the password for ${USER} on db ${DB} hosted at ${HOST}:"
read -rse PASS

# Dump Structure
TABLES=$(mysql --skip-column-names -e 'show tables' -u ${USER} -p${PASS} -h ${HOST} ${DB})
# test if connection was unsuccessful. If so, bail.
if [[ ${TABLES} == 0 ]]
then
  echo "bad mysql connection info"                                                                                
  exit 1
fi
# Continue of connection retrieved data, here, the schema
echo "${RED}Starting to dump the table structure.${RESET}"
mysqldump --complete-insert --disable-keys --single-transaction --no-data -u ${USER} --password=${PASS} -h ${HOST} ${DB} ${TABLES} > "${DB}.${DATE}".sql

# Dump Data, Excluding Certain Tables 
echo "${MAG}Starting to dump the table data.${RESET}"

if [ "$4" == "D8" ]
  then
    echo "${RED}Dumping D8 tables.${RESET}"
    XTABLES=$(echo "$TABLES" | grep -Ev "^(cache.*|watchdog)$")
  else
    echo "${RED}Dumping D7 tables.${RESET}"
    XTABLES=$(echo "$TABLES" | grep -Ev "^(accesslog|cache.*|flood|search_.*|semaphore|sessions|feeds_log|watchdog)$")
 fi

mysqldump --complete-insert --disable-keys --single-transaction --no-create-info -u ${USER} --password=${PASS} -h ${HOST} ${DB} ${XTABLES} >> "${DB}.${DATE}".sql

echo "${MAG}Starting to gzip dump.${RESET}"
echo "${GREEN}"
gzip -v "${DB}.${DATE}".sql
echo "${RESET}"

echo "${BOLD}Done!${RESET}"

Removing the porcine "feeds_log" table

Print connection string info

Note: this is incompatible with zsh. Run with Bash.