Mysqldump more than one table?

Question

How can I use mysqldump to dump certain tables that start with common prefix?

Answer 1

Hehe, this is kind of a hack, but it works (using bash):

mysqldump -u USER -p DATABASE $(mysql -u USER -p -D DATABASE -Bse "show tables like 'PREFIX%'") > /tmp/DATABASE.out

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