If one want to keep getting updated processes (on the example, 2 seconds) on a shell session without having to manually interact with it use:
watch -n 2 'mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u some_user -psome_pass some_database -e "show full processlist;"'
The only bad thing about the show [full] processlist
is that you can't filter the output result. On the other hand, issuing the SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PROCESSLIST
open possibilities to remove from the output anything you don't want to see:
SELECT * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PROCESSLIST
WHERE DB = 'somedatabase'
AND COMMAND <> 'Sleep'
AND HOST NOT LIKE '10.164.25.133%' \G