On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:56:14PM -0500, Paul Fierro wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to run this but it isn't working - I'm suspecting it's the quotes: > > $ ssh machine1 "ssh machine2 "mysql -e "show databases""" > > I tried various combinations of single and double quotes as well as > backslashes. Can anyone help? I saw that you got it working, but as an alternative, does this work? $ ssh machine1 "ssh machine2 "mysql -e show\ databases"" -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org