how to log in to mysql and query the database from linux terminal

Question

I am using debian linux. I have a linux machine on which mysql is install. I can log in to my linux machine using root user as well as other user. I can connect to mysql dat

Answer 1

To stop or start mysql on most linux systems the following should work:

/etc/init.d/mysqld stop

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

The other answers look good for accessing the mysql client from the command line.

Good luck!