"mysql: command not found" after install (7 replies)

This may be a newbie question, I have tried for days but now I am swallowing my pride, pulling over and asking for directions! Please help.

After many new instals with new OS installs as well, I have tried entering the mysql command into different paths. sudo ect.. but I always get "mysql: command not found" but the files are in usr/local

copied from terminal
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ITs-MacBook:local it$ ls
mysql				mysql-5.5.6-rc-osx10.6-x86_64
ITs-MacBook:local it$ mysql -r root -p
-bash: mysql: command not found
ITs-MacBook:local it$ ./ mysql -r root -p
-bash: ./: is a directory
ITs-MacBook:local it$

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I have installed mysql a dozen times before on macs w/ no issue but now something has changed.

Thanks in advance -Ken