mysql command line to vertical output - mysql

Question

I'd like to get the result of a mysql query with a vertical output.
My problem when using --vertical (or G) is the starred lines.
$mysql -N -e 'select filed1, field2 from db.tlb\G'
*************************** 1. row ***************************
value1_field1
value1_field2
*************************** 2. row ***************************
value2_field1
value2_field2
...
Is there an option I didn't find to get rid of the lines ***[...] x. row [...]*** ?
At the moment, I'm using a egrep -v '^\*.*\*$', but I'm sure a better solution exists.

Answer 1

I'm not sure this is a good solution, but if explicitly using egrep is annoying, you could define a shell function to launch mysql with the desired pager. Assuming you're using a bash (or compatible):
# define a shell function to launch mysql with the required _pager_
sh$ mysql() { `which mysql` $* --pager="egrep -v '^\*.*\*$'" ; }
[ ... ]
# launch mysql "as usual" (in reality, this is the shell function that is invoked)
sh$ mysql -u user -p -h mysql-host mydb
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 67
Server version: 5.1.49-3 (Debian)
-- Use mysql normally -- but the "egrep pager" will remove the "star lines"
mysql> select * from T\G
col1: w
col2: x
col3: 0.4
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
As I said before, this is not a perfect solution since egrep will blindly remove from output any "star line" -- not only the one from an ego (\G) command.

Answer 2

try this (but I can not imagine why you need such an output)
mysql -N -B -e 'select * from db' mysql | tr "\t" "\n"

Answer 3

First Option
would be to change the MySQL pager like so:
test.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Some Basic Configuration
db="homestead"
dbuser="homestead"
dbhost="127.0.0.1"
# Executes the MySQL command using the basic configuration
# This also sets the MySql Pager to less -Sin to enable
# it also removes all lines starting with "*"
mysql -h $dbhost -u $dbuser -p --pager="grep -Ev '(^\*.*$)|(^$)' | less -Sin" $db
Usage
Firstly Edit the Config variables:
$ nano ./test.sh
Secondly Run the script
$ bash ./test.sh
Second Option
Change the pager after you're already in the MySQL CLI
$ mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1 somedatabase
enter password:
mysql> pager grep -Ev '(^\*.*$)|(^$)' | less -Sin