Backing-up and uploading MySQL databases

Question:
How to back-up and upload MySQL databases on the command line?

To back-up use the mysqldump command. For example:

mysqldump -Qq -hdb28.pair.com -uzrtch_2 -p zrtch_mykb > my-dump-mykb.sql

To upload use the mysql command. For example:

mysql -hDBSERVER -uzrtch_26 -p zrtch-espanaviva dump-espanaviva-13OCT07.sql

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