Start Stop MySQL from the Command Line Terminal, OSX, Linux

To restart, start or stop MySQL server from the command line…

On OS X to start/stop MySQL from the command line:

 sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start

 sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop

 sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart

On Linux start/stop from the command line:

 /etc/init.d/mysqld start

 /etc/init.d/mysqld stop

 /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

Some Linux flavours offer the service command too

 # service mysqld start

 # service mysqld stop

 # service mysqld restart

or

 # service mysql start

 # service mysql stop

 # service mysql restart