MYSQL client issue - Having an access denied issue connecting via Bash Script (WSL2-Ubantu to a localhost windows MySQL DB 8.0 instance - mysql

Question

I seem to be having an issue when running a bash script in windows WSL2 / Ubantu, but have no issue if I run the mysql command line with the same params.
This is a fairly straight forward script, albeit , I am new to bash scripting.
#!/bin/bash
PROPERTY_FILE="MySQLDB_glenn.properties"
SCRIPTS_DIR="/home/glenn/scripts/"
echo $SCRIPTS_DIR$PROPERTY_FILE
WSL_HOST_IP=$(ipconfig.exe | awk '/WSL/ {getline; getline; getline; getline; print substr($14, 1, length($14)-1)}')
ALT_WSL_HOST=$WSL_HOST_IP
function atestfunction()
{
myTest=$(echo "This is a test")
echo $myTest
}
function getProperty()
{
PROP_KEY=$1
PROP_VALUE=$(cat $SCRIPTS_DIR$PROPERTY_FILE | grep $PROP_KEY | cut -d'=' -f2)
echo $PROP_VALUE
}
echo "# Reading properties from $PROPERTY_FILE = " $SCRIPTS_DIR$PROPERTY_FILE
DB_USER=$(getProperty "db.username")
DB_PASS=$(getProperty "db.password")
DB_HOST=$(getProperty "db.hostname")
DB_DEFAULT=$(getProperty "db.defaultdb")
echo $DB_USER
echo $DB_PASS
echo $DB_HOST
echo $DB_DEFAULT
echo $ALT_WSL_HOST
echo "Selecting from DB " $DB_DEFAULT
mysql -u$DB_USER -p$DB_PASS -h$ALT_WSL_HOST $DB_DEFAULT -e "use test1; select * from products;"
I setup two versions of the account user , granting it all and with the ability to access via localhost and the second account via 172.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 to handle the fact that WSL comes up with different addresses on reboot.
the variable $ALT_WSL_HOST value is 172.25.208.1 (as I debug it as I type this)
In the Bash script debugger (VS Code) or while running the script ./simpleDBselect.sh, i get
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'wsl_root
'#'172.25.220.8' (using password: YES)
The same mysql command in the same session (i just invoked it in the Terminal Tab of VS Code) or quitting VS code , I get:
mysql -uwsl_root -pxxx-xxxxx -h172.25.208.1 test1 -e "use test1; select * from products;"
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
+-----------+----------+-------------+---------------+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
| productID | widgetid | productName | productNumber | color | inhouseCost | listPrice | productSize |
+-----------+----------+-------------+---------------+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
| 1 | 101 | Widget1 | s1001 | Yellow | 25.00 | 40.00 | medium |
| 2 | 102 | Widget2 | s1002 | Black | 27.00 | 45.00 | small |
| 3 | 103 | Widget3 | s1003 | Black | 28.00 | 40.00 | medium |
| 4 | 104 | Widget4 | s1004 | Red | 21.00 | 34.00 | small |
| 5 | 105 | Widget5 | s1005 | Green | 15.00 | 26.00 | large |
| 6 | 106 | Widget6 | s1006 | Magenta | 40.00 | 75.00 | large |
| 7 | 107 | Widget7 | s1007 | Orange | 50.00 | 85.00 | medium |
| 8 | 108 | Widget8 | s1008 | Blue | 39.00 | 55.00 | small |
| 9 | 109 | Widget9 | s1009 | Gold | 189.00 | 300.00 | large |
+-----------+----------+-------------+---------------+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
Does anyone know what I might be missing. I have read loads of documentation and think I have the DB accounts setup correctly for the variable hosts. Note,I have also tried '%' as is the default wildcard . Should I just install MySQL in the ubantu running in WSL as opposed to the windows install. Also note that I am cognizant that WSL running its own virtual ip address , hence why i'm using WSL_HOST_IP=$(ipconfig.exe | awk '/WSL/ {getline; getline; getline; getline; print substr($14, 1, length($14)-1)}').
Any help would be appreciated as I'm at my feeble wits end :)
Best Regards,
Glenn Firester
see above description for my attempts, but wsl_root has DBA and all grants to the tables in db test1