diff --git a/src/cmd/src/cli/export.rs b/src/cmd/src/cli/export.rs
index e0b9cd6be5b3..5932df399cfc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/cli/export.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/cli/export.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use client::api::v1::auth_header::AuthScheme;
+use client::api::v1::Basic;
 use client::{Client, Database, DEFAULT_SCHEMA_NAME};
 use common_query::Output;
 use common_recordbatch::util::collect;
@@ -25,13 +27,14 @@ use datatypes::scalars::ScalarVector;
 use datatypes::vectors::{StringVector, Vector};
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt};
 use tokio::fs::File;
-use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncWriteExt, BufWriter};
 use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
 
 use crate::cli::{Instance, Tool};
 use crate::error::{
     CollectRecordBatchesSnafu, ConnectServerSnafu, EmptyResultSnafu, Error, FileIoSnafu,
-    InvalidDatabaseNameSnafu, NotDataFromOutputSnafu, RequestDatabaseSnafu, Result,
+    IllegalConfigSnafu, InvalidDatabaseNameSnafu, NotDataFromOutputSnafu, RequestDatabaseSnafu,
+    Result,
 };
 
 type TableReference = (String, String, String);
@@ -70,6 +73,10 @@ pub struct ExportCommand {
     /// Things to export
     #[clap(long, short = 't', value_enum)]
     target: ExportTarget,
+
+    /// basic authentication for connecting to the server
+    #[clap(long)]
+    auth_basic: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl ExportCommand {
@@ -82,12 +89,22 @@ impl ExportCommand {
                 addr: self.addr.clone(),
             })?;
         let (catalog, schema) = split_database(&self.database)?;
-        let database_client = Database::new(
+        let mut database_client = Database::new(
             catalog.clone(),
             schema.clone().unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SCHEMA_NAME.to_string()),
             client,
         );
 
+        if let Some(auth_basic) = &self.auth_basic {
+            let (username, password) = auth_basic.split_once(':').context(IllegalConfigSnafu {
+                msg: "auth_basic cannot be split by ':'".to_string(),
+            })?;
+            database_client.set_auth(AuthScheme::Basic(Basic {
+                username: username.to_string(),
+                password: password.to_string(),
+            }));
+        }
+
         Ok(Instance::Tool(Box::new(Export {
             client: database_client,
             catalog,
@@ -141,6 +158,9 @@ impl Export {
             let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(schemas.len());
             for i in 0..schemas.len() {
                 let schema = schemas.get_data(i).unwrap().to_owned();
+                if schema == common_catalog::consts::INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 result.push((self.catalog.clone(), schema));
             }
             Ok(result)
@@ -326,25 +346,30 @@ impl Export {
 
                 let copy_from_file =
                     Path::new(&self.output_dir).join(format!("{catalog}-{schema}_copy_from.sql"));
-                let mut file = File::create(copy_from_file).await.context(FileIoSnafu)?;
-
-                let copy_from_sql = dir_filenames
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|file| {
-                        let file = file.unwrap();
-                        let filename = file.file_name().into_string().unwrap();
-
-                        format!(
-                            "copy {} from '{}' with (format='parquet');\n",
-                            filename.replace(".parquet", ""),
-                            file.path().to_str().unwrap()
+                let mut writer =
+                    BufWriter::new(File::create(copy_from_file).await.context(FileIoSnafu)?);
+
+                for table_file in dir_filenames {
+                    let table_file = table_file.unwrap();
+                    let table_name = table_file
+                        .file_name()
+                        .into_string()
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .replace(".parquet", "");
+
+                    writer
+                        .write(
+                            format!(
+                                "copy {} from '{}' with (format='parquet');\n",
+                                table_name,
+                                table_file.path().to_str().unwrap()
+                            )
+                            .as_bytes(),
                         )
-                    })
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                    .join("");
-                file.write_all(copy_from_sql.as_bytes())
-                    .await
-                    .context(FileIoSnafu)?;
+                        .await
+                        .context(FileIoSnafu)?;
+                }
+                writer.flush().await.context(FileIoSnafu)?;
 
                 info!("finished exporting {catalog}.{schema} copy_from.sql");