Display mysql results nicely

Hi, perhaps this is a dumb question.

I'm running queries on mysql and I'm getting tabbed results like these:

mysql> SELECT * from metrics_status WHERE date = '2012-03-30';
<TABLE BORDER=1><TR><TH>name</TH><TH>status</TH><TH>lastupdate</TH><TH>date</TH></TR><TR><TD>lobby</TD><TD>CALCULATION_FINISHED</TD><TD>2012-03-30 11:06:46</TD><TD>2012-03-30</TD></TR><TR><TD>plasma</TD><TD>CALCULATION_FINISHED</TD><TD>2012-03-30 12:32:32</TD><TD>2012-03-30</TD></TR><TR><TD>blaze</TD><TD>CALCULATION_FINISHED</TD><TD>2012-03-30 10:17:35</TD><TD>2012-03-30</TD></TR><TR><TD>blazev3</TD><TD>CALCULATION_FINISHED</TD><TD>2012-04-01 16:20:08</TD><TD>2012-03-30</TD></TR></TABLE>4 rows in set (0.08 sec)

Is there a way to display that nicely? Withouth all the TDs and TRs.

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Should you need more info

$ uname -a
Linux - 2.6.18-92.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:31:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ mysql -V
mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.22, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.0

Hi there.
Showing results formatted with html table tags isn't the default behavior of MySQL.
Perhaps your MySQL configuration file (my.cnf) was modified.
Try calling the MySQL client command with the --table (or -t) option, like this:

mysql -uuser -puserpassword --table

Obviously, remember to change the user and userpassword mentioned above for something that is suitable for your needs.
If that works, take a look at your my.cnf file (Usually, this file is located at /etc/my.cnf) and look for something mentioning the html option.
That' it. Hope it helps you! Good luck mate!