Terminal troubles. Command not found error in the directory of the command.

I'm getting a "command not found" error when I am in the directory of the command I want to run. For example try to run 'mysql' in the directory with that executable file and I get the error. BUT, if I put the full path to the mysql command, starting from the root, the command works correctly.
I know this isn't a PATH issue, since I'm in the location of the file.
It seems like a possible permissions issue, but I appear to have the proper permissions to the command and all parent directories. Moreover, I would assume that I would see a "permissions denied" error rather than a "command not found" error if this was the case.
Beyond the two possibilities above, I'm stumped as to what the issue could be. To be clear, this is happening on more than one command, although both commands are within the /usr/local/ directory.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance!

By default . is not included in your PATH and the shell does not do this on its own, as that is an easy way for someone to get a user to execute a Trojan.
For example, in a multi-user system you create a script 'ls' and put it in a directory with a bunch of other stuff. Then go over to a user on the same system and ask them to help you with something in this directory. The first thing they will do is issue the 'ls' command, which if you have . in your PATH, or the shell always looks in the current working directory, means this user would execute the Trojan script instead of the real 'ls' command. That script do do anything using the privileges of the user running that script, including modifying stuff in their home directory that could give the person asking for help future access to that user's files and data.
That is why . (the current working directory) is NOT part of PATH by default and shells do not look in the current working directory by default.

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