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Backup Databases to Individual ZIPs
#!/bin/bash
mysqlUser=""
mysqlPass=""
backup="/home/username/mysqldump"
databases=( $(mysql -u"$mysqlUser" -p"$mysqlPass" --skip-column-names --batch -e "show databases;" 2>"$temp") );
echo "found ${#databases[@]} databases.";
for i in ${databases[@]}; do
if [ $i != "information_schema" ] && [ $i != "mysql" ] && [ $i != "phpmyadmin" ]; then
echo -ne "Backing up database $i ... "
mysqldump -u"$mysqlUser" -p"$mysqlPass" --opt $i | bzip2 -c > "$backup/$i.sql.bz2"
echo "Done."
fi
done
echo "Database backups complete."
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