On 6/17/11 6:17 AM, Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org> wrote: > 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"" Didn't work for me, but thanks for offering another alternative. Paul