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My bash script queries a mysql database 3 times and redirects the standard out of each query to a file (3 different files in total with different columns structure ).
I want it to ask for the mysql password as it's important for me not to have the password in the script or on disk.
How can I include all queries and stdout redirection in the same mysql session in order to avoid asking for the password 3 times?
This is what I have now:
#!/bin/bash
mysql -h database.com -u user -p -e "USE database; mysql query1" > file1
mysql -h database.com -u user -p -e "USE database; mysql query2" > file2
mysql -h database.com -u user -p -e "USE database; mysql query3" > file3
You could use tee and notee commands and write a single query file, say queries.sql and invoke it in a single shot:
use database
tee file1
query1
notee
tee file2
query2
notee
tee file3
query3
notee
Then invoke it:
mysql -h database.com -u user -p -e "source queries.sql" > /dev/null
Related:
What is the equivalent of the spool command in mysql
How can I run an SQL script in MySQL?
You could use bash to prompt for the password, and then supply it to each of the mysql commands:
#!/bin/bash
echo "enter the password for MySQL:"
read -s PASSWD
mysql -h database.com -u user -p$PASSWD -e "USE database; mysql query1" > file1
mysql -h database.com -u user -p$PASSWD -e "USE database; mysql query2" > file2
mysql -h database.com -u user -p$PASSWD -e "USE database; mysql query3" > file3
Here is a POSIX-compliant version of silent prompting for non-bash shells:
stty -echo
printf "enter the password for MySQL:"
read PASSWD
stty echo
printf "\n"
I have a database that is quite large so I want to export it using Command Prompt but I don't know how to.
I am using WAMP.
First check if your command line recognizes mysql command. If not go to command & type in:
set path=c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.36\bin
Then use this command to export your database:
mysqldump -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName > wantedsqlfile.sql
You will then be prompted for the database password.
This exports the database to the path you are currently in, while executing this command
Note: Here are some detailed instructions regarding both import and export
Simply use the following command,
For Export:
mysqldump -u [user] -p [db_name] | gzip > [filename_to_compress.sql.gz]
For Import:
gunzip < [compressed_filename.sql.gz] | mysql -u [user] -p[password] [databasename]
Note: There is no space between the keyword '-p' and your password.
Well you can use below command,
mysqldump --databases --user=root --password your_db_name > export_into_db.sql
and the generated file will be available in the same directory where you had ran this command.
You could find more on the official reference for mysqldump: Import Export MySQL DB
Note: use --databases instead of --database since the last one is no more supported.
Enjoy :)
First of all
open command prompt then open bin directory in cmd (i hope you're aware with cmd commands)
go to bin directory of your MySql folder in WAMP program files.
run command
mysqldump -u db_username -p database_name > path_where_to_save_sql_file
press enter system will export particular database and create sql file to the given location.
i hope you got it :)
if you have any question please let me know.
Go to command prompt at this path,
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>
Then give this command to export your database (no space after -p)
mysqldump -u[username] -p[userpassword] yourdatabase > [filepath]wantedsqlfile.sql
Locate your mysql instance with:
which mysql
If this is correct then export with the following (else navigate to the mysql instance in your mamp folder in bin):
mysqldump -u [username] -p [password] [dbname] > filename.sql
And if you wish to zip it at the sametime:
mysqldump -u [username] -p [password] [db] | gzip > filename.sql.gz
You can then move this file between servers with:
scp user#xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/path_to_your_dump/filename.sql.gz your_detination_path/
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the server IP address)
And then import it with:
gunzip filename.sql.gz | mysql -u [user] -p [password] [database]
To export PROCEDUREs, FUNCTIONs & TRIGGERs too, add --routines parameter:
mysqldump -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName --routines > wantedsqlfile.sql
The problem with all these solutions (using the > redirector character) is that you write your dump from stdout which may break the encoding of some characters of your database.
If you have a character encoding issue. Such as :
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ...
then, you MUST use -r option to write the file.
MySQL
mysqldump -u user -pyour-password-without-space-between-letter-p-and-your-password --default-character-set=utf8 --host $HOST database-name -r dump.sql
Using Docker
docker exec --rm -v $pwd:dump -it mysql:5:7 mysqldump -u user -pyour-password-without-space-between-letter-p-and-your-password --default-character-set=utf8 --host $HOST database-name -r dump/dump.sql
Note: this mounts the current path as dump inside the instance.
We found the answer here
Conversely, don't use < to import your dump into your database, again, your non-utf8 characters may not be passed; but prefer source option.
mysql -u user -pYourPasswordYouNowKnowHow --default-character-set=utf8 your-database
mysql> SET names 'utf8'
mysql> SOURCE dump.sql
Give this command to export your database, this will include date as well
mysqldump -u[username] -p[userpassword] --databases yourdatabase | gzip > /home/pi/database_backup/database_`date '+%m-%d-%Y'`.sql.gz
(no space after -p)
I have installed my wamp server in D: drive so u have to go to the following path from ur command line->(and if u have installed ur wamp in c: drive then just replace the d: wtih c: here)
D:\>cd wamp
D:\wamp>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin>cd mysql
D:\wamp\bin\mysql>cd mysql5.5.8 (whatever ur verserion will be displayed here use keyboard Tab button and select the currently working mysql version on your server if you have more than one mysql versions)
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8\bin>mysqldump -u root -p password db_name > "d:\backupfile.sql"
here root is user of my phpmyadmin
password is the password for phpmyadmin so if u haven't set any password for root just nothing type at that place,
db_name is the database (for which database u r taking the backup)
,backupfile.sql is the file in which u want ur backup of ur database and u can also change the backup file location(d:\backupfile.sql) from to any other place on your computer
mysqldump -h [host] -p -u [user] [database name] > filename.sql
Example in localhost
mysqldump -h localhost -p -u root cookbook > cookbook.sql
mysqldump --no-tablespaces -u username -p pass database_name > db_backup_file.sql
Syntax
(mysqldump.exe full path) -u (user name) -p (password) (database name) > (export database file full path)
Example
c:>d:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.12\bin\mysqldump.exe -u root -p mydbname > d:\mydb.sql
where d:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.12\bin\mysqldump.exe will be your actual mysqldump.exe path, mydbname is the name of database which you want to export and d:\mydb.sql is the path where you want to store the exported database.
For import:
mysql -u db_username -p newFileName < databasName.sql
For export:
mysqldump -u db_username -p databasName > newFileName.sql
I have used wamp server. I tried on
c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8\bin\mysqldump -uroot -p db_name > c:\somefolder\filename.sql
root is my username for mysql, and if you have any password specify it with:
-p[yourpassword]
Hope it works.
For windows OS :
When you get error 1064 mysql (42000) while trying to execute mysqldump command, exit from current terminal. And execute mysqldump command.
mysql>exit
c:\xampp\mysql\bin>mysqldump -uroot -p --databases [database_name] > name_for_export_db.sql
I was trying to take the dump of the db which was running on the docker and came up with the below command to achieve the same:
docker exec <container_id/name> /usr/bin/mysqldump -u <db_username> --password=<db_password> db_name > .sql
Hope this helps!
mysql -u -p databaseName>fileToPutDatabase
Login in your databse server and then hit the below command:-
mysql -u username -p databasename > exportfilename.sql
Then it will ask for password Enter the password and hit enter,it will take some time your database will be exported.
You can use this script to export or import any database from terminal
given at this link: https://github.com/Ridhwanluthra/mysql_import_export_script/blob/master/mysql_import_export_script.sh
echo -e "Welcome to the import/export database utility\n"
echo -e "the default location of mysqldump file is: /opt/lampp/bin/mysqldump\n"
echo -e "the default location of mysql file is: /opt/lampp/bin/mysql\n"
read -p 'Would like you like to change the default location [y/n]: ' location_change
read -p "Please enter your username: " u_name
read -p 'Would you like to import or export a database: [import/export]: ' action
echo
mysqldump_location=/opt/lampp/bin/mysqldump
mysql_location=/opt/lampp/bin/mysql
if [ "$action" == "export" ]; then
if [ "$location_change" == "y" ]; then
read -p 'Give the location of mysqldump that you want to use: ' mysqldump_location
echo
else
echo -e "Using default location of mysqldump\n"
fi
read -p 'Give the name of database in which you would like to export: ' db_name
read -p 'Give the complete path of the .sql file in which you would like to export the database: ' sql_file
$mysqldump_location -u $u_name -p $db_name > $sql_file
elif [ "$action" == "import" ]; then
if [ "$location_change" == "y" ]; then
read -p 'Give the location of mysql that you want to use: ' mysql_location
echo
else
echo -e "Using default location of mysql\n"
fi
read -p 'Give the complete path of the .sql file you would like to import: ' sql_file
read -p 'Give the name of database in which to import this file: ' db_name
$mysql_location -u $u_name -p $db_name < $sql_file
else
echo "please select a valid command"
fi
How can I run a mysql query (just he query part) which is written to a file, eg. accounts.txt
/test/mysql -h testdb.com -P 8995 -p -u testaccount -e
"select distinct
amp.account_id
from
account_marketplace_groups amp;" -D company > /tmp/output.csv
How can I put the actual query in a file and execute the above and still get the output in a csv
Would this be the right way to do it ?
/test/mysql -h testdb.com -P 8995 -p -u testaccount -e /account.txt -D company > /tmp/output.csv
The -e option can't be used with a filename, it expects the parameter to be the query. Just use input redirection, since mysql reads from standard input.
/test/mysql -h testdb.com -P 8995 -p -u testaccount -D company < /account.txt > /tmp/output.csv
+1 to Barmar's answer but here is another solution, which works equally well:
/test/mysql -h testdb.com -P 8995 -p -u testaccount \
-e "source /account.txt" -D company > /tmp/output.csv
That is, if you don't want to use < for input redirection, you can use the -e "source ..." command to read the file from within the command-line.
I'm under VPN and I don't have SSH access to remote server.
I can connect to remote database by console
mysql -u username -p -h remote.site.com
Now I'm trying to clone the remote database to local computer
mysqldump -u username -p -h remote.site.com mysqldump | mysql -u root -ppassword webstuff
And I've got error
mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'webstaff'#'10.75.1.2'
(using password: YES) when trying to connect
How to copy mysql database from remote server to local computer?
Assuming the following command works successfully:
mysql -u username -p -h remote.site.com
The syntax for mysqldump is identical, and outputs the database dump to stdout. Redirect the output to a local file on the computer:
mysqldump -u username -p -h remote.site.com DBNAME > backup.sql
Replace DBNAME with the name of the database you'd like to download to your computer.
Check syntax and execute one command at a time, then verify output.
mysqldump -u remoteusername -p remotepassword -h your.site.com databasename > dump.sql
mysql -u localusername -p localpassword databasename < dump.sql
Once you've matched all passwords, you can use pipe.
Often our databases are really big and the take time to take dump directly from remote machine to other machine as our friends other have suggested above.
In such cases what you can do is to take the dump on remote machine using MYSQLDUMP Command
MYSQLDUMP -uuser -p --all-databases > file_name.sql
and than transfer that file from remote server to your machine using Linux SCP Command
scp user#remote_ip:~/mysql_dump_file_name.sql ./
This can have different reasons like:
You are using an incorrect password
The MySQL server got an error when trying to resolve the IP address of the client host to a name
No privileges are granted to the user
You can try one of the following steps:
To reset the password for the remote user by:
SET PASSWORD FOR some_user#ip_addr_of_remote_client=PASSWORD('some_password');
To grant access to the user by:
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, LOCK TABLES ON YourDB.* TO user#Host IDENTIFIED by 'password';
Hope this helps you, if not then you will have to go through the documentation
Please check this gist.
https://gist.github.com/ecdundar/789660d830d6d40b6c90
#!/bin/bash
# copymysql.sh
# GENERATED WITH USING ARTUR BODERA S SCRIPT
# Source script at: https://gist.github.com/2215200
MYSQLDUMP="/usr/bin/mysqldump"
MYSQL="/usr/bin/mysql"
REMOTESERVERIP=""
REMOTESERVERUSER=""
REMOTESERVERPASSWORD=""
REMOTECONNECTIONSTR="-h ${REMOTESERVERIP} -u ${REMOTESERVERUSER} --password=${REMOTESERVERPASSWORD} "
LOCALSERVERIP=""
LOCALSERVERUSER=""
LOCALSERVERPASSWORD=""
LOCALCONNECTION="-h ${LOCALSERVERIP} -u ${LOCALSERVERUSER} --password=${LOCALSERVERPASSWORD} "
IGNOREVIEWS=""
MYVIEWS=""
IGNOREDATABASES="select schema_name from information_schema.SCHEMATA where schema_name != 'information_schema' and schema_name != 'mysql' and schema_name != 'performance_schema' ;"
# GET A LIST OF DATABASES
databases=`$MYSQL $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR -e "${IGNOREDATABASES}" | tr -d "| " | grep -v schema_name`
# COPY ALL TABLES
for db in $databases; do
# GET LIST OF ITEMS
views=`$MYSQL $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR --batch -N -e "select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_type='VIEW' and table_schema='$db';"
IGNOREVIEWS=""
for view in $views; do
IGNOREVIEWS=${IGNOREVIEWS}" --ignore-table=$db.$view "
done
echo "TABLES "$db
$MYSQL $LOCALCONNECTION --batch -N -e "create database $db; "
$MYSQLDUMP $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR $IGNOREVIEWS --compress --quick --extended-insert --skip-add-locks --skip-comments --skip-disable-keys --default-character-set=latin1 --skip-triggers --single-transaction $db | mysql $LOCALCONNECTION $db
done
# COPY ALL PROCEDURES
for db in $databases; do
echo "PROCEDURES "$db
#PROCEDURES
$MYSQLDUMP $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR --compress --quick --routines --no-create-info --no-data --no-create-db --skip-opt --skip-triggers $db | \
sed -r 's/DEFINER=`[^`]+`#`[^`]+`/DEFINER=CURRENT_USER/g' | mysql $LOCALCONNECTION $db
done
# COPY ALL TRIGGERS
for db in $databases; do
echo "TRIGGERS "$db
#TRIGGERS
$MYSQLDUMP $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR --compress --quick --no-create-info --no-data --no-create-db --skip-opt --triggers $db | \
sed -r 's/DEFINER=`[^`]+`#`[^`]+`/DEFINER=CURRENT_USER/g' | mysql $LOCALCONNECTION $db
done
# COPY ALL VIEWS
for db in $databases; do
# GET LIST OF ITEMS
views=`$MYSQL $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR --batch -N -e "select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_type='VIEW' and table_schema='$db';"`
MYVIEWS=""
for view in $views; do
MYVIEWS=${MYVIEWS}" "$view" "
done
echo "VIEWS "$db
if [ -n "$MYVIEWS" ]; then
#VIEWS
$MYSQLDUMP $REMOTECONNECTIONSTR --compress --quick -Q -f --no-data --skip-comments --skip-triggers --skip-opt --no-create-db --complete-insert --add-drop-table $db $MYVIEWS | \
sed -r 's/DEFINER=`[^`]+`#`[^`]+`/DEFINER=CURRENT_USER/g' | mysql $LOCALCONNECTION $db
fi
done
echo "OK!"
Copy mysql database from remote server to local computer
I ran into the same problem. And I could not get it done with the other answers. So here is how I finally did it (yes, a beginner tutorial):
Step 1: Create a new database in your local phpmyadmin.
Step 2: Dump the database on the remote server into a sql file (here I used Putty/SSH):
mysqldump --host="mysql5.domain.com" --user="db231231" --password="DBPASSWORD" databasename > dbdump.sql
Step 3: Download the dbdump.sql file via FTP client (should be located in the root folder)
Step 4: Move the sql file to the folder of your localhost installation, where mysql.exe is located. I am using uniform-server, this would be at C:\uniserver\core\mysql\bin\, with XAMPP it would be C:\xampp\mysql\bin
Step 5: Execute the mysql.exe as follows:
mysql.exe -u root -pYOURPASSWORD YOURLOCALDBNAME < dbdump.sql
Step 6: Wait... depending on the file size. You can check the progress in phpmyadmin, seeing newly created tables.
Step 7: Done. Go to your local phpmyadmin to check if the database has been filled with the entire data.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
Note 1: When starting the uniformer-server you can specify a password for mysql. This is the one you have to use above for YOURPASSWORD.
Note 2: If the login does not work and you run into password problems, check your password if it contains special characters like !. If so, then you probably need to escape them \!.
Note 3: In case not all mysql data can be found in the local db after the import, it could be that there is a problem with the mysql directives of your dbdump.sql
Better yet use a oneliner:
Dump remoteDB to localDB:
mysqldump -uroot -pMypsw -h remoteHost remoteDB | mysql -u root -pMypsw localDB
Dump localDB to remoteDB:
mysqldump -uroot -pmyPsw localDB | mysql -uroot -pMypsw -h remoteHost remoteDB
C:\Users\>mysqldump -u root -p -h ip address --databases database_name -r sql_file.sql
Enter password: your_password
This answer is not remote server but local server. The logic should be the same. To copy and backup my local machine MAMP database to my local desktop machine folder, go to console then
mysqldump -h YourHostName -u YourUserNameHere -p YourDataBaseNameHere > DestinationPath/xxxwhatever.sql
In my case YourHostName was localhost. DestinationPath is the path to the download; you can drag and drop your desired destination folder and it will paste the path in.
Then password may be asked:
Enter password: xxxxxxxx
I have a database that is quite large so I want to export it using Command Prompt but I don't know how to.
I am using WAMP.
First check if your command line recognizes mysql command. If not go to command & type in:
set path=c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.36\bin
Then use this command to export your database:
mysqldump -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName > wantedsqlfile.sql
You will then be prompted for the database password.
This exports the database to the path you are currently in, while executing this command
Note: Here are some detailed instructions regarding both import and export
Simply use the following command,
For Export:
mysqldump -u [user] -p [db_name] | gzip > [filename_to_compress.sql.gz]
For Import:
gunzip < [compressed_filename.sql.gz] | mysql -u [user] -p[password] [databasename]
Note: There is no space between the keyword '-p' and your password.
Well you can use below command,
mysqldump --databases --user=root --password your_db_name > export_into_db.sql
and the generated file will be available in the same directory where you had ran this command.
You could find more on the official reference for mysqldump: Import Export MySQL DB
Note: use --databases instead of --database since the last one is no more supported.
Enjoy :)
First of all
open command prompt then open bin directory in cmd (i hope you're aware with cmd commands)
go to bin directory of your MySql folder in WAMP program files.
run command
mysqldump -u db_username -p database_name > path_where_to_save_sql_file
press enter system will export particular database and create sql file to the given location.
i hope you got it :)
if you have any question please let me know.
Go to command prompt at this path,
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>
Then give this command to export your database (no space after -p)
mysqldump -u[username] -p[userpassword] yourdatabase > [filepath]wantedsqlfile.sql
Locate your mysql instance with:
which mysql
If this is correct then export with the following (else navigate to the mysql instance in your mamp folder in bin):
mysqldump -u [username] -p [password] [dbname] > filename.sql
And if you wish to zip it at the sametime:
mysqldump -u [username] -p [password] [db] | gzip > filename.sql.gz
You can then move this file between servers with:
scp user#xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/path_to_your_dump/filename.sql.gz your_detination_path/
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the server IP address)
And then import it with:
gunzip filename.sql.gz | mysql -u [user] -p [password] [database]
To export PROCEDUREs, FUNCTIONs & TRIGGERs too, add --routines parameter:
mysqldump -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName --routines > wantedsqlfile.sql
The problem with all these solutions (using the > redirector character) is that you write your dump from stdout which may break the encoding of some characters of your database.
If you have a character encoding issue. Such as :
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ...
then, you MUST use -r option to write the file.
MySQL
mysqldump -u user -pyour-password-without-space-between-letter-p-and-your-password --default-character-set=utf8 --host $HOST database-name -r dump.sql
Using Docker
docker exec --rm -v $pwd:dump -it mysql:5:7 mysqldump -u user -pyour-password-without-space-between-letter-p-and-your-password --default-character-set=utf8 --host $HOST database-name -r dump/dump.sql
Note: this mounts the current path as dump inside the instance.
We found the answer here
Conversely, don't use < to import your dump into your database, again, your non-utf8 characters may not be passed; but prefer source option.
mysql -u user -pYourPasswordYouNowKnowHow --default-character-set=utf8 your-database
mysql> SET names 'utf8'
mysql> SOURCE dump.sql
Give this command to export your database, this will include date as well
mysqldump -u[username] -p[userpassword] --databases yourdatabase | gzip > /home/pi/database_backup/database_`date '+%m-%d-%Y'`.sql.gz
(no space after -p)
I have installed my wamp server in D: drive so u have to go to the following path from ur command line->(and if u have installed ur wamp in c: drive then just replace the d: wtih c: here)
D:\>cd wamp
D:\wamp>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin>cd mysql
D:\wamp\bin\mysql>cd mysql5.5.8 (whatever ur verserion will be displayed here use keyboard Tab button and select the currently working mysql version on your server if you have more than one mysql versions)
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8\bin>mysqldump -u root -p password db_name > "d:\backupfile.sql"
here root is user of my phpmyadmin
password is the password for phpmyadmin so if u haven't set any password for root just nothing type at that place,
db_name is the database (for which database u r taking the backup)
,backupfile.sql is the file in which u want ur backup of ur database and u can also change the backup file location(d:\backupfile.sql) from to any other place on your computer
mysqldump -h [host] -p -u [user] [database name] > filename.sql
Example in localhost
mysqldump -h localhost -p -u root cookbook > cookbook.sql
mysqldump --no-tablespaces -u username -p pass database_name > db_backup_file.sql
Syntax
(mysqldump.exe full path) -u (user name) -p (password) (database name) > (export database file full path)
Example
c:>d:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.12\bin\mysqldump.exe -u root -p mydbname > d:\mydb.sql
where d:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.12\bin\mysqldump.exe will be your actual mysqldump.exe path, mydbname is the name of database which you want to export and d:\mydb.sql is the path where you want to store the exported database.
For import:
mysql -u db_username -p newFileName < databasName.sql
For export:
mysqldump -u db_username -p databasName > newFileName.sql
I have used wamp server. I tried on
c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8\bin\mysqldump -uroot -p db_name > c:\somefolder\filename.sql
root is my username for mysql, and if you have any password specify it with:
-p[yourpassword]
Hope it works.
For windows OS :
When you get error 1064 mysql (42000) while trying to execute mysqldump command, exit from current terminal. And execute mysqldump command.
mysql>exit
c:\xampp\mysql\bin>mysqldump -uroot -p --databases [database_name] > name_for_export_db.sql
I was trying to take the dump of the db which was running on the docker and came up with the below command to achieve the same:
docker exec <container_id/name> /usr/bin/mysqldump -u <db_username> --password=<db_password> db_name > .sql
Hope this helps!
mysql -u -p databaseName>fileToPutDatabase
Login in your databse server and then hit the below command:-
mysql -u username -p databasename > exportfilename.sql
Then it will ask for password Enter the password and hit enter,it will take some time your database will be exported.
You can use this script to export or import any database from terminal
given at this link: https://github.com/Ridhwanluthra/mysql_import_export_script/blob/master/mysql_import_export_script.sh
echo -e "Welcome to the import/export database utility\n"
echo -e "the default location of mysqldump file is: /opt/lampp/bin/mysqldump\n"
echo -e "the default location of mysql file is: /opt/lampp/bin/mysql\n"
read -p 'Would like you like to change the default location [y/n]: ' location_change
read -p "Please enter your username: " u_name
read -p 'Would you like to import or export a database: [import/export]: ' action
echo
mysqldump_location=/opt/lampp/bin/mysqldump
mysql_location=/opt/lampp/bin/mysql
if [ "$action" == "export" ]; then
if [ "$location_change" == "y" ]; then
read -p 'Give the location of mysqldump that you want to use: ' mysqldump_location
echo
else
echo -e "Using default location of mysqldump\n"
fi
read -p 'Give the name of database in which you would like to export: ' db_name
read -p 'Give the complete path of the .sql file in which you would like to export the database: ' sql_file
$mysqldump_location -u $u_name -p $db_name > $sql_file
elif [ "$action" == "import" ]; then
if [ "$location_change" == "y" ]; then
read -p 'Give the location of mysql that you want to use: ' mysql_location
echo
else
echo -e "Using default location of mysql\n"
fi
read -p 'Give the complete path of the .sql file you would like to import: ' sql_file
read -p 'Give the name of database in which to import this file: ' db_name
$mysql_location -u $u_name -p $db_name < $sql_file
else
echo "please select a valid command"
fi