Import MySQL database but ignore specific tables

You could just exclude tables you do not need.

$ brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names
$ sed -r '/INSERT INTO `(table_to_skip_1|table_to_skip_2|table_to_skip_3)`/d' db.20180101.sql > db.reduced.sql

ref:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16735344/mysql-import-database-but-ignore-specific-table