Find and replace entire MySQL database

sqldump to a text file, find/replace, re-import the sqldump.

Dump the database to a text file
mysqldump -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] > dumpfilename.sql

Restore the database after you have made changes to it.
mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] < dumpfilename.sql

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