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""

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Scott Raun
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