How to export/import a MySQL database via SSH

To export a MySQL database, you need to use the mysqldump command. Here is the full command for exporting your database:

mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD DATABASE > backup.sql

To import a MySQl database, you need to use the mysql command. Here is the full command for importing a MySQL dump into a database:

mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD DATABASE < backup.sql