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Backup and restore a mysql database from a running Docker mysql container
# Backup
docker exec CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root --password=root DATABASE > backup.sql
# Restore
cat backup.sql | docker exec -i CONTAINER /usr/bin/mysql -u root --password=root DATABASE
@rajat3604
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It works, for me. Thanks

@ricardogranafirst
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Thanks!

@mehrabcz
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I've visited this link countless times! Thank you for providing such a helpful sample.

@ivanzigoni
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beautiful piece of code

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