-bash-4.1$ which mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld
-bash-4.1$ /usr/sbin/mysqld --verbose --help|grep -A 1 'Default options'
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /usr/etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf
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2014-06-18 15:21:37 488 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'MyISAM'
2014-06-18 15:21:37 488 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'CSV'