mysql defaults file_无法识别MySQL defaults-file参数

我试图在命令行上使用–defaults-file选项登录

mysql：

$mysql --defaults-file ~/mycnf.cnf

但是我收到以下错误：

mysql: unknown option '--defaults-file'

但是这个选项列在帮助中：

$mysql --help

...

Default options are read from the following files in the given order:

/etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf

The following groups are read: mysql client

The following options may be given as the first argument:

--print-defaults Print the program argument list and exit.

--no-defaults Don't read default options from any option file.

--defaults-file=# Only read default options from the given file #.

--defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read.

--defaults-file=# Only read default options from the given file #.

这里发生了什么？这是mysql –version的输出

$mysql --version

mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.69, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1