Manual:MySQL/Start
mysql -u wikiuser -p my_wiki
Change wikiuser and my_wiki to the username and database name for your wiki ($wgDBuser and $wgDBname).
When prompted, enter your password.
Example
edit$ mysql -u root -p my_wiki
Enter password:
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 150
Server version: 5.6.24-0ubuntu2 (Ubuntu)
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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
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