From: Wade Maxfield
Date: March 16 1999 3:30pm
Subject: how do I get formatted output on command line?
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  When I use mysql interface, and do a "select * from table", I get a very
nice formatted output. It boxes in the information and lines it up nicely.

  If I do "mysql database <sql_file", I get the same information, without
the formatting. Columns don't line up causing much confusion.

  I looked in the documentation, but could not find a reference to how to
format the output that goes to the command line.  I looked over the output
of mysql --help, but got lost.

  Anyone??

thanks,
wade