mysqldump

Backups MySQL databases. More information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysqldump.html.

Create a backup, user will be prompted for a password:

mysqldump -u {{user}} --password {{database_name}} -r {{filename.sql}}

Restore a backup, user will be prompted for a password:

mysql -u {{user}} --password -e "source {{filename.sql}}" {{database_name}}

Backup all databases redirecting the output to a file (user will be prompted for a password):

mysqldump -u {{user}} -p --all-databases > {{filename.sql}}

Restore all databases from a backup (user will be prompted for a password):

mysql -u {{user}} -p < {{filename.sql}}