Long form of the MySQL client "ego" command, how to use it?

Question

According to the reference manual, the MySQL client has the command:

ego (\G) Send command to mysql server, display result vertically.

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Each command has both a long and short form. The long form is not case sensitive; the short form is. The long form can be followed by an optional semicolon terminator, but the short form should not. [source]

I'm just playing around in the command line client and the \G form works:

select * from company \G

How would I use the long "ego" form if I wanted to? Does it work in the command line client? I just can't figure it out and Google isn't turning up anything.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Start MySQL client with --named-commands.

(none)>select 'hi'
    -> ego
*************************** 1. row ***************************
hi: hi
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Answer 2

ego is available for command line only. By default queries are delimited using semicolons (;). This applies to any API that connects to mysql.