MYSQL differs in Output from script

Question

I have a problem with the MySQL output formatting while executing the commands from a bash script.

If I execute a command on the command line then, I am able to get

Answer 1

If you want to have --table option enabled by default when calling mysql program, please check this SO answer How to store MySQL results to a file in table format.

Answer 2

Pass the -t or --table option to force table output.

mysql --table -u dbclient -pxxxx GEKONYLOGDB -e "select now(),max(time_stamp) from metrics"

From mysql --help:

  -t, --table         Output in table format.