How to show records vertically in mysql command line?

Question

First explaining what is on my mind {I\'m not good at English}

On Alan Storm\'s blog, I found a tricky thing about mysql. I am not sure if he\'s using the command line o

Answer 1

Maybe you are using an older version of MySQL? \G is a shortcut for the MySQL ego command and should work on your system as well.

See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-commands.html

And it works fine with vertical display on on my system.