title: How to Exclude Data for Specific Tables
body: <p>I am using mysqldump to create a canonical installation script for a MySQL database. I would like to dump the data for able half of the tables in the database, but exclude the data from the other tables. I am aware of the following two commands:</p>
  
  <p>--no-data</p>
  
  <p>--ignore-table</p>
  
  <p>But the first applies to all tables, and I believe the second excludes the table entirely from the dump (e.g. create statements) not just the data in the table. Anyone know how to use mysqldump to achieve my goal?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  
  <p>found a near duplicate question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764387/mysqldump-entire-structure-but-only-data-from-selected-tables-in-a-single-command">mysqldump entire structure but only data from selected tables in a single command</a></p>