copy database structure without data in mysql (with empty tables)

Question

Is there any way to copy database structure without data in MySQL, so the new database will be the same as it is copied from, but with empty tables.

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Answer 1

You can backup you MYSQL database structure with

mysqldump -u username –p  -d database_name > backup.sql

(You should not supply password at command line as it leads to security risks.MYSQL will ask for password by default.) And you can create create tables in database with

mysql -u username -p new_database < backup.sql

Now you can use pipe to give the output of first command as output for second one and you will no longer need backup.sql

mysqldump -u username –p  -d database_name|mysql -u username -p new_database

All tables in will be created in new_database without data.