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I ran this command:

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

from terminal without fully understanding it like a dummy (trying to get mysql server to start automatically on boot) and know I can't access mysql at all.

I get this error: 

2016-01-11 17:26:52 551 [ERROR] InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1,    
error: 35
2016-01-11 17:26:52 551 [Note] InnoDB: Check that you do not already have another mysqld process using the same InnoDB data or log files.

Can someone explain what I did?

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This issue is not related to the executed command. What you did is creating soft/symbolic links (something like shortcut) to plist files that are used to manage MySQL services. You can simply use unlink command to unlink them (It's not recommended unless you know which file can be unlinked without any side effects).

So your question is answered here.

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