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Created June 20, 2012 22:51
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Script to import a gzipped mysql backup, piping it through pv to give progress status
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
if [ "$#" == "0" ]; then
echo "Usage mysqldbimport MYSQLGZIPPEDBACKUPFILE [args to pass to mysql]"
echo "e.g. mysqldbimport mybackup.sql.gz -u root my_database_name"
fi
BACKUP_FILE="$1"
shift
MYSQL_ARGS="$@"
pv "$BACKUP_FILE" | gunzip -c | mysql $MYSQL_ARGS
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