title: MySQL command line not doing anything
body: <p>I'm completely new to SQL and am following the MySQL tutorial for set up. In the command line client, none of the commands seem to do anything except give me an arrow <code>-&gt;</code>  which just sits there. I've tried the <code>SHOW DATABASES</code> and <code>CREATE DATABASE test</code> commands and nothing. The only thing that seems to do anything is the <code>\c</code> command which removes the arrow and takes me back to the <code>mysql&gt;</code> prompt. This is an example of what it looks like:</p>
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