mysqldump without adding USE database_name

Question

I am looking for an option/idea how could I get rid of the statement 'USE database_name' when using mysqldump ? I manage to get rid of creating DB only.

Thank you!

Answer 1

I am not sure if there is an actual option for the mysqldump command but you could always just run the output through a filter like sed . For example:

mysqldump | sed -e '/^CREATE DATABASE/d' -e '/^USE `/d' >dumpFile.txt

Or if you have the dump file you would do it as:

sed -e '/^CREATE DATABASE/d' -e '/^USE `/d' <dumpFile.txt >cleanedUpDumpFile.txt

The second way might be better. If there is not too much data you can do:

diff dumpFile.txt cleanedUpDumpFile.txt | less

To verify that only the lines you wanted were deleted. If everything looks OK you can go with the first way to just generate what you want.