Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE in MySQL

Problem:

How to enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE in the MySQL configuration file (my.cnf) for MySQL 5.5 on Ubuntu 12 LTS.

Solution:

To enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE, you need to add the following option to the [mysql] section of your my.cnf file:

local-infile=1

Alternatively, you can call the MySQL client with the --local-infile选项：

mysql --local-infile -uroot -pyourpwd yourdbname