db table copy

Dump and restore a single table from .sql
Dump

mysqldump db_name table_name > table_name.sql
Dumping from a remote database

mysqldump -u <db_username> -h <db_host> -p db_name table_name > table_name.sql
For further reference:

http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/howto/lamp/MySQL_Export_Backup/index.html

Restore

mysql -u <user_name> -p db_name
mysql> source <full_path>/table_name.sql
or in one line

mysql -u username -p db_name < /path/to/table_name.sql

Dump and restore a single table from a compressed (.sql.gz) format
Credit: John McGrath

Dump

mysqldump db_name table_name | gzip > table_name.sql.gz
Restore

gunzip < table_name.sql.gz | mysql -u username -p db_name