How can I import a database with MySQL from terminal?

Question

How can I import a database with mysql from terminal?

I cannot find the exact syntax.

Answer 1

Before running the commands on the terminal you have to make sure that you have MySQL installed on your terminal.

You can use the following command to install it:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Refrence here.

After that you can use the following commands to import a database:

mysql -u  -p  <