Restart, Start, Stop MySQL from the Command Line Terminal, OSX, Linux
To restart, start or stop MySQL server from the command line, do the following at the shell prompt…
Start Stop Restart Mysql Commands
Start Mysql on Linux — /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Stop Mysql on Linux — /etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Restart Mysql on Linux — /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
Other Linux flavours Operating System
For Mysql start — service mysqld start or service mysql start
For Mysql stop — service mysqld stop or service mysql stop
For Mysql restart — service mysqld restart or service mysql restart
On OS X to start/stop/restart MySQL from the command line:
Start Mysql on MAc OSx —
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Stop Mysql on MAc OSx —
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
Restart Mysql on MAc OSx —
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart