gistfile1.txt

justin@justin /% ps aux | grep -i mysql                                       
justin   72627   0.0  0.0  2425696    264 s001  R+    6:11PM   0:00.00 grep --color=auto -i mysql
justin   72570   0.0  0.5  2507508  18984 s001  S     6:11PM   0:00.04 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41 --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --log-error=/usr/local/var/mysql/justin.local.err --pid-file=/usr/local/var/mysql/justin.local.pid --socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
justin   72516   0.0  0.0  2435464    864 s001  S     6:11PM   0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --pid-file=/usr/local/var/mysql/justin.local.pid

gistfile2.txt

justin@justin /% cat ~/.my.cnf
[mysqld]
socket=/tmp/mysql.sock

[client]
socket=/tmp/mysql.sock% 

gistfile3.txt

justin@justin /% which mysql_config                                           
/usr/local/bin/mysql_config
justin@justin /% mysql_config      
Usage: /usr/local/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options:
        --cflags         [-I/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/include/mysql  -D_P1003_1B_VISIBLE -DSIGNAL_WITH_VIO_CLOSE -DSIGNALS_DONT_BREAK_READ -DIGNORE_SIGHUP_SIGQUIT  -DDONT_DECLARE_CXA_PURE_VIRTUAL]
        --include        [-I/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/include/mysql]
        --libs           [-L/usr/local/Cellar/readline/6.0/lib  -L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lm]
        --libs_r         [-L/usr/local/Cellar/readline/6.0/lib  -L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r -lz -lm]
        --plugindir      [/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/lib/mysql/plugin]
        --socket         [/tmp/mysql.sock]
        --port           [0]
        --version        [5.1.41]
        --libmysqld-libs [-L/usr/local/Cellar/readline/6.0/lib  -L/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/lib/mysql -lmysqld -ldl  -lz -lm]

gistfile4.txt

/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.1.41/share/mysql/mysql.server restart