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they don't cause a syntax error when the third line is processed. This
could be done with the program <application>sed</application>:
<programlisting>
-testdb=> <userinput>\set content `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt`</userinput>
+testdb=> <userinput>\set content '\'' `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt` '\''</userinput>
</programlisting>
Observe the correct number of backslashes (6)! You can resolve it this way: After
<application>psql</application> has parsed this line, it passes