Mysql command not found in OS X 10.7

Question

I cant get my mysql to start on os x 10.7. It is located in /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql

I get command not found when I type mysql --version

Answer 1

May be i will help out some of you that even though if you are unable to open mysql from terminal after trying changing path in .bash_profile

then you always found the error "MYSQL not found" hence you can use the following command directly it will ask for your password and sql bash is opened

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p