Option to suppress status messages when running -f mode

All, Is there a way to suppress the output of status messages like "3000 affected rows" when using mclient and "-f csv"? I have an sql script where I keep reducing a table and inserting the rows into another table. The final sql command extracts the final result. Would be nice if the status messages could be suppressed completely or sent to stderr (a --quiet option). I could also just run two scripts, or pipe the output through grep to remove the offending lines. Thanks, Dave