Error unpacking database?

Question

linux

Unpacking the database via the command line using the mysql command:
mysql -uusername -ppassword database < file.sql
The command line gives the following error:

ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.28, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper Copy' at line 1

What is the problem? MySQL version mismatch? How to decide?

Answer 1

Send us the output
of head -5 file.sql
or just take a look for yourself.
It seems to me that there is some kind of crooked header in the file before the real dump.