"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why use awk for this at all ? and not: > echo "\\set ECHO all"
I think Bruce is worried about portability; some versions of echo might do something weird with the backslash. OTOH, it's not obvious to me that awk is better on that score. Bruce? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org