I believe the format is:
<pre><code class="lang-bash">mysql -u username -p database_name &lt; /path/to/file.sql
</code></pre>
From within mysql:
<pre><code class="lang-bash">mysql&gt; use db_name;
mysql&gt; source backup-file.sql;
</code></pre>

I believe the format is:

```bash
mysql -u username -p database_name < /path/to/file.sql
```

From within mysql:

```bash
mysql> use db_name;
mysql> source backup-file.sql;
```

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