IGNORE is often useful with files generated by external sources.

      

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'mytbl.txt' INTO TABLE mytbl
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r'
IGNORE 1 LINES;

1.	Load data in txt file into database
2.	load text data into table
3.	Set division with
4.	Line starting string
5.	Importing CSV Files
6.	Specifying the Datafile Format
7.	To specify a file format explicitly, use a FIELDS clause to describe the characteristics of fields within a line
8.	Skipping Datafile Lines
9.	Specifying the Location of Files on the Client Host
10.	The syntax for a command to use a comma-separated text file, saved in a Windows format
11.	IGNORE lines.
12.	If you are using a Linux system, replace the '\r\n' in the LINES TERMINATED BY syntax command with just '\n'.

IGNORE is often useful with files generated by external sources. : Load Data Into Table « Backup Load « SQL / MySQL