cheat/cheatsheets/mysqldump

# To dump a database to a file:
mysqldump -uusername -ppassword the-database > db.sql

# To dump a database to a .tgz file:
mysqldump -uusername -ppassword the-database | gzip -9 > db.sql

# To dump all databases to a file:
mysqldump -uusername -ppassword --all-databases > all-databases.sql