mysqldump --opt --all-databases -u user -pmypassword > myDump.sql

[client]
password=your_pass

shell> chmod 600 .my.cnf

mysqldump --defaults-extra-file=/home/dangi/.my.cnf -u root --single-transaction --quick --lock-tables=false --all-databases (or) DATABASE | gzip > OUTPUT.gz;

[client]
user=my_user
password=my_password

mysql_config_editor --login-path=mysqldump --host=your_hostname --user=your_username --password

mysqldump database_name > output_file