muerwre.github.io/content/Docker/Seed dump inside docker.md

If you need to seed .sql dump in #docker container, just run this command. Also you can try to rsync file with SSH to get it from remote host.

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# usage: ./script.sh "/path/to/dump.sql"
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DUMP_PATH=$1
CONTAINER="db"
USER=root
PASSWORD=password
DB=database

cat "$DUMP_PATH" | docker exec -i $CONTAINER mysql -u$USER -p$PASSWORD $DB