为了扩展前面的答案，下面的一行代码将单个表导出为制表符分隔的文件。它适用于自动化，每天导出数据库。

mysql -B -D mydatabase -e 'select * from mytable'

很方便，我们可以使用同样的技术列出MySQL的表，并在一个表中描述字段:

mysql -B -D mydatabase -e 'show tables'

mysql -B -D mydatabase -e 'desc users'

Field   Type    Null    Key Default Extra
id  int(11) NO  PRI NULL    auto_increment
email   varchar(128)    NO  UNI NULL    
lastName    varchar(100)    YES     NULL    
title   varchar(128)    YES UNI NULL    
userName    varchar(128)    YES UNI NULL    
firstName   varchar(100)    YES     NULL    

另外，如果在Bash命令行上执行查询，我认为可以使用tr命令将默认选项卡替换为任意分隔符。

$ echo "SELECT * FROM Table123" | mysql Database456 | tr "\t" ,

下面的Bash脚本适合我。它还可以选择获取所请求表的模式。

#!/bin/bash
#
# Export MySQL data to CSV
#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/356578/how-to-output-mysql-query-results-in-csv-format
#

# ANSI colors
#http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~sae/seng265/fall04/tips/s265s047-tips/bash-using-colors.html
blue='\033[0;34m'
red='\033[0;31m'
green='\033[0;32m' # '\e[1;32m' is too bright for white bg.
endColor='\033[0m'

#
# A colored message
#   params:
#     1: l_color - the color of the message
#     2: l_msg - the message to display
#
color_msg() {
  local l_color="$1"
  local l_msg="$2"
  echo -e "${l_color}$l_msg${endColor}"
}


#
# Error
#
# Show the given error message on standard error and exit
#
#   Parameters:
#     1: l_msg - the error message to display
#
error() {
  local l_msg="$1"
  # Use ANSI red for error
  color_msg $red "Error:" 1>&2
  color_msg $red "\t$l_msg" 1>&2
  usage
}

#
# Display usage
#
usage() {
  echo "usage: $0 [-h|--help]" 1>&2
  echo "               -o  | --output      csvdirectory"    1>&2
  echo "               -d  | --database    database"   1>&2
  echo "               -t  | --tables      tables"     1>&2
  echo "               -p  | --password    password"   1>&2
  echo "               -u  | --user        user"       1>&2
  echo "               -hs | --host        host"       1>&2
  echo "               -gs | --get-schema"             1>&2
  echo "" 1>&2
  echo "     output: output CSV directory to export MySQL data into" 1>&2
  echo "" 1>&2
  echo "         user: MySQL user" 1>&2
  echo "     password: MySQL password" 1>&2
  echo "" 1>&2
  echo "     database: target database" 1>&2
  echo "       tables: tables to export" 1>&2
  echo "         host: host of target database" 1>&2
  echo "" 1>&2
  echo "  -h|--help: show help" 1>&2
  exit 1
}

#
# show help
#
help() {
  echo "$0 Help" 1>&2
  echo "===========" 1>&2
  echo "$0 exports a CSV file from a MySQL database optionally limiting to a list of tables" 1>&2
  echo "   example: $0 --database=cms --user=scott --password=tiger  --tables=person --output person.csv" 1>&2
  echo "" 1>&2
  usage
}

domysql() {
  mysql --host $host -u$user --password=$password $database
}

getcolumns() {
  local l_table="$1"
  echo "describe $l_table" | domysql | cut -f1 | grep -v "Field" | grep -v "Warning" | paste -sd "," - 2>/dev/null
}

host="localhost"
mysqlfiles="/var/lib/mysql-files/"

# Parse command line options
while true; do
  #echo "option $1"
  case "$1" in
    # Options without arguments
    -h|--help) usage;;
    -d|--database)     database="$2" ; shift ;;
    -t|--tables)       tables="$2" ; shift ;;
    -o|--output)       csvoutput="$2" ; shift ;;
    -u|--user)         user="$2" ; shift ;;
    -hs|--host)        host="$2" ; shift ;;
    -p|--password)     password="$2" ; shift ;;
    -gs|--get-schema)  option="getschema";;
    (--) shift; break;;
    (-*) echo "$0: error - unrecognized option $1" 1>&2; usage;;
    (*) break;;
  esac
  shift
done

# Checks
if [ "$csvoutput" == "" ]
then
  error "output CSV directory is not set"
fi
if [ "$database" == "" ]
then
  error "MySQL database is not set"
fi
if [ "$user" == "" ]
then
  error "MySQL user is not set"
fi
if [ "$password" == "" ]
then
  error "MySQL password is not set"
fi

color_msg $blue "exporting tables of database $database"
if [ "$tables" = "" ]
then
tables=$(echo "show tables" | domysql)
fi

case $option in
  getschema)
   rm $csvoutput$database.schema
   for table in $tables
   do
     color_msg $blue "getting schema for $table"
     echo -n "$table:" >> $csvoutput$database.schema
     getcolumns $table >> $csvoutput$database.schema
   done
   ;;
  *)
for table in $tables
do
  color_msg $blue "exporting table $table"
  cols=$(grep "$table:" $csvoutput$database.schema | cut -f2 -d:)
  if [  "$cols" = "" ]
  then
    cols=$(getcolumns $table)
  fi
  ssh $host rm $mysqlfiles/$table.csv
cat <<EOF | mysql --host $host -u$user --password=$password $database
SELECT $cols FROM $table INTO OUTFILE '$mysqlfiles$table.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
EOF
  scp $host:$mysqlfiles/$table.csv $csvoutput$table.csv.raw
  (echo "$cols"; cat $csvoutput$table.csv.raw) > $csvoutput$table.csv
  rm $csvoutput$table.csv.raw
done
  ;;
esac

从Save MySQL查询结果到一个文本或CSV文件:

SELECT order_id,product_name,qty
FROM orders
WHERE foo = 'bar'
INTO OUTFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/orders.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

注意:该语法可能需要重新排序

SELECT order_id,product_name,qty
INTO OUTFILE '/var/lib/mysql-files/orders.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
FROM orders
WHERE foo = 'bar';

在MySQL的最新版本。

使用此命令，将不会导出列名。

还要注意/var/lib/ MySQL -files/orders.csv将在运行MySQL的服务器上。MySQL进程运行所在的用户必须具有写入所选目录的权限，否则该命令将失败。

如果您想从远程服务器(特别是托管或虚拟机，如Heroku或Amazon RDS)向本地机器写入输出，则此解决方案不适合。

通过'tr'管道(仅限Unix/Cygwin):

mysql <database> -e "<query here>" | tr '\t' ',' > data.csv

注意:这既不处理嵌入的逗号，也不处理嵌入的制表符。

Paul Tomblin给出的OUTFILE解决方案导致一个文件被写入MySQL服务器本身，因此只有当您拥有file访问权限，以及登录访问权限或从该框检索文件的其他方法时，这才会起作用。

如果您没有这样的访问权限，并且以制表符分隔的输出是CSV的合理替代品(例如，如果您的最终目标是导入到Excel)，那么serbaut的解决方案(使用mysql -batch和可选的-raw)就是要走的路。