MySQL command output too wide in command-line client [duplicate]
问题 This question already has answers here : How to best display in Terminal a MySQL SELECT returning too many fields? (12 answers) Closed 4 months ago . I am using mysql command line client in terminal emulator lxterminal in Ubuntu. When I run the following command: mysql> select * from routines where routine_name = "simpleproc"; The output is a mess: But if I copy and paste it here, the output shows me a nice table: mysql> select * from routines where routine_name = "simpleproc"; +-------------