How to export a database via SSH (mysqldump)?

Question

MySQL

To export the database, I do the following I
connect to the database I
mysql -u [dbuser] -p [dbname]
enter the password
password
I export to the database.sql file
mysqldump -u [dbuser] -p [dbname] > database.sql
A symbol appears on the command line ->and the database is not exported. Is there anything else that needs to be done?

Answer 1

you don't need to connect to the database. mysqldump -u [dbuser] -p [dbname] > database.sqlshould be done in bash, not in mysql.