Frequently used Putty commands

Database Dump:
mysqldump -u username -h localhost -p dbname > filename.sql

Import Database Dump:
mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME < data.sql

Tar a folder:
tar -cv foldername > foldername.tar

GZip the tar file:
gzip foldername.tar

Extract tar.gz file:
tar -zxvf yourfile.tar.gz

Extract .bz2 file:
bunzip2 yourfile.bz2

Extract tar.bz2file:
tar jxf backup.tar.bz2

Copy files from source to destination: scp local.xml username@hostnameORipaddress:FullFolderTargetPath