macdembp:~ mac$ netstat -xl | grep mysql

e7861942257b0691 stream      0      0 e78619422ab30a91                0                0                0 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

macdembp:~ mac$ mysql -uroot -p -S /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

Enter password: 

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Your MySQL connection id is 1

Server version: 5.6.16 Source distribution

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mysql>

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'