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I am a new MySQL user on Unix-like systen. Where are my mysql/mariadb database and table files are stored in a UNIX or Linux operating systems? Where does MySQL stored the data in my harddisk? How do I find out the location?

How do I pause for 5 seconds or 2 minutes in my bash shell script on a Linux or Unix-like systems? How do I pause my shell script for five second before continuing (timeout)?