XAMPP for OS X: How to access MySQL from the command line

6 comments on “XAMPP for OS X: How to access MySQL from the command line”

1. Please try this command :

   cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin;./mysql –user=root –password=

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• THANK YOU, only answer I could find that actually worked

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2. You Sir, are a lifesaver.

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3. gone up to where it asks the password, and all three attempts have returned a null. what do I do next?

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4. -bash: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/mysql: No such file or directory

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• There’s a chance MySQL is in a different directory

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