mysqldump — A Database Backup Program
The mysqldump client utility performs logical backups, producing a set of SQL statements that can be executed to reproduce the original database object definitions and table data. It dumps one or more MySQL databases for backup or transfer to another SQL server. The mysqldump command can also generate output in CSV, other delimited text, or XML form.
A dump made using PowerShell on Windows with output redirection creates a file that has UTF-16 encoding:
shell> mysqldump [options] > dump.sql
However, UTF-16 is not permitted as a connection character set (see Section 11.1.5, “Connection Character Sets and Collations”), so the dump file will not load correctly. To work around this issue, use the –result-file option, which creates the output in ASCII format:
shell> mysqldump [options] –result-file=dump.sql