MySQL is installed on MacOS as a launch daemon.
Here's the shell command to start and stop it:
sudo launchctl load -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
See https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-osx-excerpt/8.0/en/osx-installation-launchd.html for more on the MySQL Launch Daemon.
An alternative way to install MySQL on MacOS is with brew. Then the usage to start and stop it is done with supervisord. Here's the way to start and stop a service managed by supervisord:
supervisorctl start mysql
supervisorctl stop mysql
I'm using this command for now that was posted inside another question.
/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server startto start mysql. I want to avoid to launch it when the mac is started, this is why I want to create a simple script that will start my development envoirment automatically when i run it