I discovered the goddamn \G trick about six months ago. I couldn't believe I hadn't picked it up anywhere else. It's the most useful thing you can learn when dealing with the MySQL shell! (Especially when your eyes buzz out trying to line up a huge table!)
It seems you guys never seen the "mysql Tips" section in the MySQL manual:<p><a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-tips.html#vertical-query-results" rel="nofollow">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-tips.html#verti...</a>