Getting a MySQL DB dump in local machine from server

Getting a DB dump in local machine from server..

Step1: Login into the server where mysql is hosted -

ssh username@server

Step 2: Take MySQL Dump

mysqldump dbname -u dbusername -p > filename.sql

Step 3: Logout

Logout of server

Step 4: from Local machine

scp username@server:server_path/filename.sql dumpfile.sql

The above steps can be done in 1 step.

mysqldump -h hostname -u dbusername -p dbname > filename.sql