How to transfer Mysql database from one server to another

Objective: transfer mysql database A on servera to database B on serverb
Environment: Mysql server 5.X, CentOS 5


Steps:

On source mysql database server servera:

mysqldump databasea  -u usera -p --single-transaction | gzip > databasea.sql.gz
or
mysqldump databaseA tableA -u usera -p --single-transaction | gzip > tableA.sql.gz

on destination mysql database server serverb:
gunzip < servera.sql.gz | mysql -u userb -p databaseB

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Another way to backup/transfer the whole database to another: (What is the equivalent of Oracle's EXP for export and IMP for import utility in MySQL? [ID 1023112.1])

mysqldump --opt -u root -p*** --all-databases | mysql -u root -p*** -h hostname

mysqldump --opt -u root -p*** --all-databases > backup.sql