Import a mysql database on the command line

September 24, 2020

mysql -u username database_name < file.sql

Stack Overflow Article

If you do not want to use the password on the command line then you can do the following:

For linux, add ~/.my.cnf and put the following in it

For MacOS with homebrew, add ~/.mysql.cnf and put the same contents in the file as above.

Note: some MacOS terminal setups my use the ~/.my.cnf instead.

Now, you can do the following command without using a password:

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