To restart, start or stop MySQL server from the command line, type the following at the shell prompt…
On Linux start/stop/restart from the command line:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
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/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
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/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
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Some Linux flavours offer the service command too
service mysqld start
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service mysqld stop
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service mysqld restart
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or
service mysql start
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service mysql stop
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service mysql restart
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On OS X to start/stop/restart MySQL from the command line:
sudo/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
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sudo/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
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sudo/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart
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