Re: [cobalt-users] Shutdown mysql...

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Santiago Montalván wrote:
> 
> I am trying to kill mysqld so I can reset the root password but I cannot
> takedown the .pid file...  Here is what I have:
> 
> [root mysql]# ls
> mysql  mysql.sock  ns1.hostname.com.err  ns1.hostname.com.pid  test
> 
> And then I type:
> 
> [root /]# kill 'cat /var/lib/mysql/ns1.hostname.com.pid'
> kill: No such pid cat /var/lib/mysql/ns1.hostname.com.pid
> 
> I and get the above error, why?  What am I doing wrong?

You need to use the backtick character ( ` )  on the tilde key on most
keyboards), not the apostrophe/single quote character ( ' ).


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