To get the database backup with any data, execute below command: mysqldump -u USERNAME -p DATABASENAME --no-data > BACKUPNAME.sql
To exclude tables when you are creating database backup from MySQL, execute below query. mysqldump -u root -p<Password> DATABASENAME --ignore-table= DATABASENAME.TABLENAME > BACKUPFILENAME.sql To include tables when you are creating database backup from MySQL, execute below query. mysqldump -u root -p<Password> DATABASENAME TABLENAME1 TABLENAME2 > BACKUPFILENAME.sql Take note that there is no whitespace between -p and the password..