MySQL Cheat-Sheet

Connect to MySQL

Command
Description

mysql -u root -p

Connect to MySQL as root user

mysql -u <user> -p

Connect to MySQL as a specific user

mysql -u root -p -h <host>

Connect to MySQL on a specific host

Backup and Restore

Command
Description

mysqldump -u root -p <database> > backup.sql

Backup a database to a file

mysql -u root -p <database> < backup.sql

Restore a database from a file