# MySQL Import Via Command

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109
**Category:** Application Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109 "2021-01-19T08:12:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![bigsimon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/bigsimon/32/86_2.png) [@bigsimon](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bigsimon)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109/1 "2021-01-19T08:12:08Z")

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Hi,

How to import a SQL file via command line ? ( i have a huge file …)

Thank you

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### Author: ![bigsimon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/bigsimon/32/86_2.png) [@bigsimon](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bigsimon)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109/2 "2021-01-19T08:29:59Z")

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ok got it :

docker exec -i [mysql\_container\_name] mysql -u[username] -p[password] [DB name] \< [path/to/sql/file]

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### Author: ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109/3 "2021-01-19T16:12:45Z")

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I’m glad that worked for you! Let us know if you need anything else.

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### Author: ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-import-via-command/109/4 "2021-03-03T16:31:37Z")

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