MySQL command line from XAMPP to Cygwin

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connecting to mysql from cygwin

At the windows command prompt, you can connect XAMPP MySQL from the command line using

C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysql.exe -u root --password

However, the equivalent command in Cygwin creates a stalled terminal:

/cygdrive/c/xampp/mysql/bin/mysql.exe -u root --password=

How do you access XAMPP MySQL from Cygwin (without installing MySQL through the Cygwin package manager)?

EDIT: I found this to be an exact duplicate of another SO post: connecting to mysql from cygwin

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