To save a table into a CSV

 To save a table into a CSV (spreadsheet) file:


select * from TableName INTO OUTFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/spreadsheet.csv' FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '"' TERMINATED by ';' ESCAPED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'


This will drop the file into the folder /var/lib/mysql-files/


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