ssh user@example.com 'mysqldump -q -u database_user -p database optional_table' > backup.sql

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find /my/directory -size +250k -ls | sort -nr -k 7

diff -qr dirA dirB | grep -v -e 'DS_Store' -e 'Thumbs' | sort