MySQL - database backup using Linux Command Line

In this short article we would like to show how to make MySQL database baskup using Linux Terminal (command line).

Quick solution:

mysqldump -u db_username -pdb_password -h db_hostname db_name > /path/to/backup.sql

Notes:

• do not use space beetween -p and password,
• -h db_hostname is optional (lack means localhost connection).

Practical examples

Example 1:

mysqldump -u root -pEwcrtat318jkD -h 127.0.0.1 gallery > ./2020_09_12_17_21_gallery.sql

Example 2:

/usr/bin/mysqldump -u "root" -p"SecretPa$$word" -h "127.0.0.1" "gallery" > "/path/to/backup/db/2020_09_12_17:21_gallery.sql"

Where:

• MySQL server is installed on same machine, so we can use 127.0.0.1 host address,
• we used root account because of allowsed access to any database on server,
• putting parameters to apostrophes allows us to use any characters.

See also

1. MySQL - restore database from backup using Linux Command Line