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mysqld — Start the MySQL database server. More information: <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysqld.html>

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Problem

How to use the mysqld command: Start the MySQL database server. More information: <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysqld.html>.

Solution

mysqld — Start the MySQL database server. More information: <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/mysqld.html>.

Start the MySQL database server:

mysqld

Start the server, printing error messages to the console:

mysqld --console

Start the server, saving logging output to a custom log file:

mysqld --log={{path/to/file.log}}

Print the default arguments and their values and exit:

mysqld --print-defaults

Start the server, reading arguments and values from a file:

mysqld --defaults-file={{path/to/file}}

Start the server and listen on a custom port:

mysqld --port={{port}}

Display help:

mysqld --verbose --help

Code Snippets

Start the MySQL database server

mysqld

Start the server, printing error messages to the console

mysqld --console

Start the server, saving logging output to a custom log file

mysqld --log={{path/to/file.log}}

Print the default arguments and their values and exit

mysqld --print-defaults

Start the server, reading arguments and values from a file

mysqld --defaults-file={{path/to/file}}

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tldr-pages: common/mysqld

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