Re: psql in the command line - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: psql in the command line
Date
Msg-id 20060125160537.GC2077@surnet.cl
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In response to psql in the command line  (<Aniko.Badzong@swisscom.com>)
List pgsql-sql
Aniko.Badzong@swisscom.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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