Mysqldump only tables with certain prefix / Mysqldump wildcards?

Question

I have this huge, messy database I am cleaning up. It houses 500+ tables, which is the result of combining Magento Enterprise with Joomla in one single DB.

To make t

Answer 1

Here is an easy way:

mysql [dbname] -u [username] -p[password] -N -e 'show tables like "bak\_%"' | xargs mysqldump [dbname] -u [username] -p[password] > [dump_file]