Only expand the empty string to the letters "NULL" if the column
does not have "NOT NULL" attribute set. Also, calculate the padding
characters more safely, so that a negative number doesn't cause it to
print MAXINT-n spaces.
--exec $MYSQL -t --default-character-set utf8 test -e "create table t1 (i int, j int, k char(25) charset utf8); insert into t1 (i) values (1); insert into t1 (k) values ('<----------------------->'); insert into t1 (k) values ('<-----'); insert into t1 (k) values ('Τη γλώσσα'); insert into t1 (k) values ('ᛖᚴ ᚷᛖᛏ'); select * from t1; DROP TABLE t1;"
#
# "DESCRIBE" commands may return strange NULLness flags.
#
--exec $MYSQL -t --default-character-set utf8 test -e "create table t1 (i int, j int not null, k int); insert into t1 values (null, 1, null); select * from t1; describe t1; drop table t1;"