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  * Please backup your database first. Something like this should do it.
  
-  ```bash
-  mysqldump --opt -u root -p newznab > ~/newznab_backup.sql
-
+```bash
+mysqldump --opt -u root -p newznab > ~/newznab_backup.sql
+```
 
 
  * The first step is to decide whether or not you will convert your database to the InnoDB engine. The InnoDB has a lot of benefits, too many to list here, but more ram is required. How much exactly, depends on too many things to list here.