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MySQL dump of tables that begin with a given prefix
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mysql-dump-tables-by-prefix.txt
mysql database_name -u username -pPassWord -N -e 'show tables like "tableprefix\_%"' | xargs mysqldump database_name -u username -pPassWord > prefixedtable_dump.sql
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tofirius commented May 3, 2016

This is particularly handy if you need to update only Wordpress tables within a database that is used for other purposes.

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Thanks for this! Quick edit - second command should use -u instead of --u.

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tofirius commented Dec 7, 2020

Thanks for this! Quick edit - second command should use -u instead of --u.

Thanks for the catch @jjack-vertex !

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