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MySQL Client Error

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Problem

The following error message is thrown when attempting to start the MySQL client.

mysql: [ERROR] Found option without preceding group in config file /usr/local/etc/my.cnf at line 1!
mysql: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!

Solution

The error is due to a UTF-8 character at the beginning of the file.

Open my.cnf with Vim and issue the following normal mode command

:set nobomb
:w

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