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The command line option from SSH is given as below:<\/p>\n

mysql -d -p database_name > file.sql.<\/p>\n

Where ‘database_name’ is the name of your database, and ‘file.sql’ is the name of the file you would like to write the table structure to.<\/p>\n

You\u00a0will be prompted you for a password (-p). Normally mysqldump gives you the entire database, with the ‘-d’ option, you\u00a0need to tell it to not include the data, just the table structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The command line option from SSH is given as below: mysql -d -p database_name > file.sql. Where ‘database_name’ is the name of your database, and ‘file.sql’ is the name of the file you would like to write the table structure to. You\u00a0will be prompted you for a password (-p). 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