How to find out the MySQL root password

Question

I cannot figure out my MySQL root password; how can I find this out? Is there any file where this password is stored?

I am following this link but I do not have dir

Answer 1

Answers provided here did not seem to work for me, the trick turned out to be: ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'test';

(complete answer here: https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/03/16/change-user-password-in-mysql-5-7-with-plugin-auth_socket/)