I have a file which defines a MySQL database schema. It looks a bit like this:
/* This table defines users of the system who are Buffy fans. */ CREATE TABLE buffy_fans ( ..etc... ); I feed it in thusly: $ mysql < my_db_schema.sql And it says: usage: who [-abdHlmpqrstTu] [am I] [file] It's interpreting the line "system who are Buffy fans." as a shell command, even though it's inside a comment. Yes, I know. It serves me right for using a database made of cheese. A