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You can use --character-set-server for the character set.

Along with it, you can add --collation-server for the collation.

shell> mysqld
shell> mysqld --character-set-server=latin1
shell> mysqld --character-set-server=latin1 --collation-server=latin1_swedish_ci








4.20.COLLATION Character Set
4.20.1.Character Sets and Collations in MySQL
4.20.2.Server Character Set and Collation
4.20.3.Every database has a database character set and a database collation.
4.20.4.List the available character set
4.20.5.TEXT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin
4.20.6.character_set_system
4.20.7.Using alter command to change characgter set
4.20.8.The output from SHOW COLLATION includes all available character sets.
4.20.9.The SHOW CHARACTER SET command shows all available character sets.
4.20.10.Table and Column Definition with character and collate
4.20.11.Database, Table, and Column Definition with Character and collate
4.20.12.SHOW CREATE DATABASE displays the CREATE DATABASE statement that creates a given database:
4.20.13.SHOW CREATE TABLE displays the CREATE TABLE statement to create a given table.
4.20.14.The SHOW COLUMNS statement displays the collations of a table's columns when invoked as SHOW FULL COLUMNS
4.20.15.Table Character Set and Collation
4.20.16.Column Character Set and Collation