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

My favorite:

mysqldump DBNAME $(mysql -D DBNAME -Bse "show tables like 'wp\_%'") > FILENAME.sql

All the answers take nearly the same approach, but this is the most concise syntax.