{"id":5886,"date":"2016-08-22T13:14:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:03:11","slug":"mysql-backup-with-mysqldump-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/mysql-backup-with-mysqldump-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Save a MySQL Database Quickly with MySQLDump in Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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In a previous tutorial, we have seen how to save a MySQL Database with MySQLDump in Windows (WAMP). Today, we will see the quickest way to save a MySQL Database in Linux. For information databases. The backup also be done through a script that allows saving a database or set of databases.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But the script can be a little too complex for easy to use tool for backup, natively available in MySQL. So here, we are going to see how to save a MySQL database by using the Linux command line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So we will use the command line for mysqldump. That can save a database to store it in a .sql file. That can be back later as well. In short, the SQL file will contain a set of commands. When it will be read by MySQL and will present the data to its original state (when it was backed up).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

MySQLDump directly included in the installation of a MySQL Server. Suppose I want to save the database \u201cbod007″ \ud83d\ude42\u00a0in the file \u201cbod007_nil84aug.sql\u201d, I will use the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

mysqldump -u root -p --single-transaction --add-drop-database --databases bod007> bod007_nil84aug.sql<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
We, therefore, use the option \u201c-databases\u201d that add the \u201cCREATE DATABASE\u201d and \u201cUSE dbname\u201d, allowing us to return the database more easily. We also used \u201c-add-drop-databases\u201d that adds \u201cDROP DATABASE IF EXISTS\u201d in the portion of the command \u201cmysqldump\u201d. This also allows easy relocation of a database by deleting the database restore to the server (if any) to be replaced by saved.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Finally, it specifies the name of the database to back up. Then redirects all to the file .sql wanted with the \u201c>\u201d, used to write the output of a command in a Linux file.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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