How to restore mysql database backup from terminal?

Question

I make daily backups by running the following cronjob:

mysqldump --user root --password=xxxx databasename > /home/ec2-user/backup/databasebackup_$today

How would I go about to simply restore from a backup, completely overwriting whatever there might be?

Answer 1

Did you try with...

mysql --user=root --password=xxxx --database=databasename < /home/ec2-user/backup/databasebackup_$today

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Another way

mysql -u root -p databasename < /home/ec2-user/backup/databasebackup_$today

You will be prompt to enter password. Supposing you are not planning to cron restore procedure.