On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 13:14 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think the proper fix is: > > > <application>psql</application>, like this: <literal>echo -e > > "\\x\nSELECT * FROM foo;" | psql</literal>. > > > I think all modern operating systems understand echo -e at this point. > > No, they don't, and neither does the Single Unix Spec: > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/echo.html > > So your version of the example depends on non-standards-compliant > echo behavior, which is not better than before.
So the -e is wrong, but the rest of the change was right. Guess we just need to add a comment about "(you may need to use the -e option on echo to get this to work on your OS)." -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
