MDEV-21376 mysqldump should support wildcards.

Now --wildcards (-L) option is supported by mysqldump.
So user can specify patterns for database names or table names
to dump.

client/mysqldump.cc

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static my_bool  verbose= 0, opt_no_create_info= 0, opt_no_data= 0, opt_no_data_m
                 opt_events= 0, opt_comments_used= 0,
                 opt_alltspcs=0, opt_notspcs= 0, opt_logging,
                 opt_header=0, opt_update_history= 0,
-                opt_drop_trigger= 0, opt_dump_history= 0;
+                opt_drop_trigger= 0, opt_dump_history= 0, opt_wildcards= 0;
 #define OPT_SYSTEM_ALL 1
 #define OPT_SYSTEM_USERS 2
 #define OPT_SYSTEM_PLUGINS 4
@@ -327,8 +327,14 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    "Include all MariaDB specific create options.",
    &create_options, &create_options, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"databases", 'B',
-   "Dump several databases. Note the difference in usage; in this case no tables are given. All name arguments are regarded as database names. 'USE db_name;' will be included in the output.",
+   "Dump several databases. Note the difference in usage; in this case no "
+   "tables are given. All name arguments are regarded as database names. "
+   "'USE db_name;' will be included in the output.",
    &opt_databases, &opt_databases, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   {"wildcards", 'L', "Usage of wildcards in the table/database name. Without "
+    "option \"databases\" wildcards can be used only in tables names, "
+    "with option - in databases names.",
+   &opt_wildcards, &opt_wildcards, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef DBUG_OFF
   {"debug", '#', "This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit.",
    0,0, 0, GET_DISABLED, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -7334,6 +7340,96 @@ static void do_print_set_gtid_slave_pos(const char *set_gtid_pos,
   fprintf(md_result_file, "%s", set_gtid_pos);
 }
 
+void dump_tables_for_database_wild(const char *db, const char *pattern)
+{
+  int num= 1;
+  int number_of_tables= 0;
+  MYSQL_ROW row;
+  char buff[2*NAME_LEN+30];
+  MYSQL_RES *dbinfo;
+  char **tables_to_dump;
+  /* dbcopy - unquoted db; */
+  char dbcopy[2 * NAME_LEN + 30];
+
+  DBUG_ENTER("dump_tables_for_database_wild");
+
+  if (*db == '`')
+  {
+      size_t len = strlen(db);
+      memcpy(dbcopy, db + 1, len - 2);
+      dbcopy[len - 2] = 0;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+      strncpy(dbcopy, db, NAME_LEN + 1);
+  }
+  my_snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "SHOW TABLES IN `%s` LIKE '%s'",
+              dbcopy, pattern);
+  if(mysql_query_with_error_report(mysql, &dbinfo, buff))
+  {
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "%s: Error: '%s' when trying to find tables satisfying pattern\n",
+            my_progname_short, mysql_error(mysql));
+    DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+  }
+  number_of_tables= dbinfo->row_count;
+  if (!(tables_to_dump= (char **) my_malloc(
+            PSI_NOT_INSTRUMENTED,
+            (number_of_tables + (int) 2) * sizeof(char *), MYF(MY_WME))))
+    die(EX_MYSQLERR, "Couldn't allocate memory");
+  tables_to_dump[0]= dbcopy;
+  while ((row= mysql_fetch_row(dbinfo)))
+  {
+    tables_to_dump[num++]= row[0];
+  }
+  tables_to_dump[num]= NULL;
+  if (number_of_tables > 0)
+  {
+    if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+      dump_tablespaces_for_tables(*tables_to_dump, (tables_to_dump + 1),
+                                  number_of_tables);
+    dump_selected_tables(*tables_to_dump, (tables_to_dump + 1),
+                         number_of_tables);
+  }
+  my_free(tables_to_dump);
+  DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+}
+
+
+/* pattern should be unquoted */
+void dump_databases_wild(const char *db_pattern)
+{
+  MYSQL_RES *dbinfo;
+  char buff[NAME_LEN+30];
+  MYSQL_ROW row;
+  int i= 0;
+  char **databases_to_dump;
+  DBUG_ENTER("dump_databases_wild");
+  my_snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "SHOW DATABASES LIKE '%s'", db_pattern);
+  if (mysql_query_with_error_report(mysql, &dbinfo, buff))
+  {
+    fprintf(stderr,
+       "%s: Error: '%s' when trying to find databases satisfying pattern\n",
+       my_progname_short, mysql_error(mysql));
+    DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+  }
+  if (!(databases_to_dump= (char **) my_malloc(
+            PSI_NOT_INSTRUMENTED,
+            (dbinfo->row_count + (int) 1) * sizeof(char *), MYF(MY_WME))))
+    die(EX_MYSQLERR, "Couldn't allocate memory");
+  while ((row= mysql_fetch_row(dbinfo)))
+  {
+    databases_to_dump[i++]= row[0];
+  }
+  databases_to_dump[i]= NULL;
+  if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+    dump_tablespaces_for_databases(databases_to_dump);
+  dump_databases(databases_to_dump);
+  my_free(databases_to_dump);
+  DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char bin_log_name[FN_REFLEN];
@@ -7498,19 +7594,36 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       }
     }
 
-    if (argc > 1 && !opt_databases)
+    if (opt_wildcards)
     {
-      /* Only one database and selected table(s) */
+      if (argc > 1 && !opt_databases)
-      if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+        /* One database, tables matching the wildcard. */
-        dump_tablespaces_for_tables(*argv, (argv + 1), (argc - 1));
+        for (int i= 1; i < argc; i++)
-      dump_selected_tables(*argv, (argv + 1), (argc - 1));
+          dump_tables_for_database_wild(argv[0], argv[i]);
+      else if (argc > 0)
+        /* Databases matching the wildcard. */
+        for (int i= 0; i < argc; i++)
+          dump_databases_wild(argv[i]);
+      else
+        die(EX_CONSCHECK,
+            "Incorrect usage of patterns \n");
     }
-    else if (argc > 0)
+    else
     {
-      /* One or more databases, all tables */
+      if (argc > 1 && !opt_databases)
-      if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+      {
-        dump_tablespaces_for_databases(argv);
+        /* Only one database and selected table(s) */
-      dump_databases(argv);
+        if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+          dump_tablespaces_for_tables(*argv, (argv + 1), (argc - 1));
+        dump_selected_tables(*argv, (argv + 1), (argc - 1));
+      }
+      else if (argc > 0)
+      {
+        /* One or more databases, all tables */
+        if (!opt_alltspcs && !opt_notspcs)
+          dump_tablespaces_for_databases(argv);
+        dump_databases(argv);
+      }
     }
   }
 

mysql-test/main/mysqldump.result

@@ -7017,3 +7017,598 @@ mariadb-dump: Error: path 'MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysql' exists, but it is not a d
 mariadb-dump: Path 'MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/dump' specified by option '--dir' is not a directory
 mariadb-dump: Path 'MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/does_not_exist' specified by option '--dir' does not exist
 ALTER DATABASE test CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci;
+# MDEV-21376 mysqldump should support wildcards.
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE t2(a int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (21),(52),(131);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t2`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t2` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t2` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t2` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t2` VALUES
+(21),
+(52),
+(131);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t2` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+#
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE t2(a int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (21),(52),(131);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t2`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t2` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t2` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t2` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t2` VALUES
+(21),
+(52),
+(131);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t2` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+#
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE DATABASE test2;
+USE test2;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `test1` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci */;
+
+USE `test1`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `test2` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci */;
+
+USE `test2`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+DROP DATABASE test2;
+#
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE tt(a int);
+INSERT INTO tt VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE DATABASE test2;
+USE test2;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `test` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci */;
+
+USE `test`;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `test1` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci */;
+
+USE `test1`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `tt`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `tt` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `tt` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `tt` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `tt` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `tt` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `test2` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci */;
+
+USE `test2`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES `t1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `t1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+DROP DATABASE test2;
+#
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE table1(a int);
+INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE tt(a int);
+INSERT INTO tt VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `table1`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE `table1` (
+  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+LOCK TABLES `table1` WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `table1` DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO `table1` VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `table1` ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+#
+#
+# strange names 
+#
+CREATE DATABASE `t?1`;
+USE `t?1`;
+CREATE TABLE `t?1`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t?1` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE `t%t`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t%t` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,ANSI' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t?1";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t?1" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t?1" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t?1" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+CREATE DATABASE `t%*!`;
+USE `t%*!`;
+CREATE TABLE `t???1`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t???1` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE `t___t`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t___t` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,ANSI' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t???1";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t???1" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t???1" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t???1" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t???1" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t???1" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t___t";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t___t" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t___t" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t___t" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t___t" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t___t" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t%t";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t%t" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t%t" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t%t" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t%t" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t%t" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t?1";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t?1" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t?1" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t?1" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,ANSI' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,ANSI' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t___t";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t___t" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t___t" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t___t" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t___t" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t___t" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+/*M!999999\- enable the sandbox mode */ 
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO,ANSI' */;
+/*M!100616 SET @OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY=@@NOTE_VERBOSITY, NOTE_VERBOSITY=0 */;
+
+CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ "t?1" /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci */;
+
+USE "t?1";
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t%t";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t%t" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t%t" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t%t" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t%t" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t%t" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "t?1";
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8mb4 */;
+CREATE TABLE "t?1" (
+  "a" int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+);
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+LOCK TABLES "t?1" WRITE;
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" DISABLE KEYS */;
+set autocommit=0;
+INSERT INTO "t?1" VALUES
+(2),
+(5),
+(11);
+/*!40000 ALTER TABLE "t?1" ENABLE KEYS */;
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+commit;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*M!100616 SET NOTE_VERBOSITY=@OLD_NOTE_VERBOSITY */;
+
+DROP DATABASE `t?1`;
+DROP DATABASE `t%*!`;

mysql-test/main/mysqldump.test

@@ -3146,3 +3146,96 @@ EOF
 --exec $MYSQL_DUMP --dir=$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/does_not_exist mysql 2>&1
 
 --source include/test_db_charset_restore.inc
+
+--echo # MDEV-21376 mysqldump should support wildcards.
+
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE t2(a int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (21),(52),(131);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --wildcards=ON test1 t_
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --wildcards=ON test1 t? tx
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE t2(a int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (21),(52),(131);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --wildcards=ON test1 t%
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE DATABASE test2;
+USE test2;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --databases --wildcards=ON test_
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+DROP DATABASE test2;
+
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE tt(a int);
+INSERT INTO tt VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE DATABASE test2;
+USE test2;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --databases --wildcards=ON t%
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+DROP DATABASE test2;
+
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE test1;
+USE test1;
+CREATE TABLE table1(a int);
+INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE tt(a int);
+INSERT INTO tt VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compact --opt -L test1 table1
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compact --opt -L test1 tab?e1
+DROP DATABASE test1;
+
+--echo #
+
+
+--echo #
+--echo # strange names 
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE `t?1`;
+USE `t?1`;
+CREATE TABLE `t?1`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t?1` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE `t%t`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t%t` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compatible=ansi --skip-comments -L '`t?1`' 't%1'
+CREATE DATABASE `t%*!`;
+USE `t%*!`;
+CREATE TABLE `t???1`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t???1` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+CREATE TABLE `t___t`(a int);
+INSERT INTO `t___t` VALUES (2),(5),(11);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compatible=ansi --skip-comments -L 't%'
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compatible=ansi --skip-comments -L '`t%*!`' 't?%1 '
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compatible=ansi --skip-comments -L '`t%*!`' 't?t' 't%t'
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --compatible=ansi --skip-comments --databases -L 't%1'
+DROP DATABASE `t?1`;
+DROP DATABASE `t%*!`;
+