MySQL not found command line Windows

Question

I am trying to use mysql from the command line. I am starting the command line using cmd and enter

mysql

but the command is not recognized. I added the MySQL Shell and Server to the path variables like this:

But it still does not work. Any idea? Thank you very much.

Answer 1

So MySQL location is: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin

open cmd as admin and change the directory to the above path

cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin 

Then run this command

mysql -V

This should work

To set an environment variable follow the steps provided in this link: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/machine-learning/oml4r/1.5.1/oread/creating-and-modifying-environment-variables-on-windows.html#GUID-DD6F9982-60D5-48F6-8270-A27EC53807D0

Set %MYSQL_PATH% variable value as => C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin

Then run this command

%MYSQL_PATH%\mysql -V