Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> I think the proper fix is:
> <application>psql</application>, like this: <literal>echo -e
> "\\x\nSELECT * FROM foo;" | psql</literal>.
> I think all modern operating systems understand echo -e at this point.
No, they don't, and neither does the Single Unix Spec:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/echo.html
So your version of the example depends on non-standards-compliant
echo behavior, which is not better than before.
regards, tom lane