On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Mart Frauenlob <[email protected]> wrote: > > how about: > ... -p 'my$qlPW' -N ... >
# `mysql -u root -p 'my$qlPW' -N -B -e 'show databases'` Enter password: asks for PW # `mysql -u root -p'my$qlPW' -N -B -e 'show databases'` -bash: information_schema: command not found > or > ... -p "my\$qlPW" -N ... > # `mysql -u root -p "my$qlPW" -N -B -e 'show databases'` Enter password: again asks for password # `mysql -u root -p"my$qlPW" -N -B -e 'show databases'` ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) > or > ... -p my\\\$qlPW -N ... > # `mysql -u root -p\\\my$qlPW -N -B -e 'show databases'` ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) # `mysql -u root -p \\\my$qlPW -N -B -e 'show databases'` Enter password: Thanks :-) --Siju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

