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Try this:
$ echo mypassword | mysql -uroot -p
Enter password: Commandline mysql features a full-fledged line editor complete with arrow keys and history recall. It can and does mess with your...

Nothing wrong with that construct. ksh evaluates pipes in a different order is all, so read on the end of a pipe-chain would set values in the subshell in a bourne shell, but the parent shell in ksh.

in that case, maybe mysql --raw or --batch?

I am mystified. That's the same shell options I have and I've never observed anything like that :confused:

Odd. echo $- to see what options you have set in your shell

Not sure what you mean by logging. There's a few different things I can think of; maybe you did set -x, or maybe you put commands in the background and are seeing when they return.

Could you...