On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Paul Fierro <pablo at freefill.com> 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? Have you tried double, single, escaped double? $ ssh localhost "ssh localhost 'echo \"1 2\"'" 1 2 Brock