How can I simulate a print statement in MySQL?

You can print some text by using SELECT command like that:

SELECT 'some text'

Result:

+-----------+
| some text |
+-----------+
| some text |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

This is an old post, but thanks to this post I have found this:

\! echo 'some text';

Tested with MySQL 8 and working correctly. Cool right? :)

If you do not want to the text twice as column heading as well as value, use the following stmt!

SELECT 'some text' as '';

Example:

mysql>SELECT 'some text' as '';
+-----------+
|           |
+-----------+
| some text |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)