These may be already present as they are very common packages if unsure, just run the command.

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The > symbol is a Unix directive for STDOUT, which will make it possible for Unix commands to output the subsequent results of the output command to another location.

database_name is the name of the database you want to export.

The -p flag specifies a password prompt associated with the above username.

The -u flag specifies the MySQL username.

Type: mysql -u username -p database_name or output_file_path.

Copy the SQL file of your choice to the xampp/mysql/bin/ directory.

Launch Apache Server and MySQL Database.

Import an SQL file using Command Line Using XAMPP (or skip to Command line import)

Using XAMPP (or skip to Command line import).

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