Re: psql in the command line

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Aniko(dot)Badzong(at)swisscom(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql in the command line
Date: 2006-01-25 16:05:37
Message-ID: 20060125160537.GC2077@surnet.cl
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Aniko(dot)Badzong(at)swisscom(dot)com wrote:

> test:/opt/pgsql# echo "copy test from '/data/log/bla';" | psql logdb
> COPY
>
> But when I try to execute it as root user I get the following error:
>
> [est/data/log] su - postgres -c "echo 'copy test from /data/log/bla;'|
> psql logdb"
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "/" at character 16
> LINE 1: copy test from /data/log/bla;

This is clearly not the same line. The quotes are not in the same
position as in the line above.

su - postgres -c "psql logdb -c 'copy test from \'data/log/bla\''"

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