DB transfer via SSH

I am going to transfer my site to another hosting i mad a backup of the DB but I have a table 1.2GB uploading it takes me a lot of time is there a command via SSH to execute it from my pc??

[snakes1100]

if your logged into the server via ssh, simply type ftp

cd to correct dir the db file is in
ftp ipaddresshere
login
bin
put
enter file name
return