- Dump the whole database:
mysqldump -u username -ppassword database_name > the_whole_database_dump.sql
2. Dump a single table:
mysqldump -u username -ppassword database_name table_name > single_table_dump.sql
3. Dump only rows that meet a specific criteria, you can add ‘where’ option to your mysqldump command:
mysqldump -u username -ppassword database_name table_name --where="date_created='2013-06-25'" > few_rows_dump.sql