mysqldump fails with error "Unknown command '\'."

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Issue

  • After upgrading machines to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, mysqldump fails with the following error:

    "ERROR at line 12335: Unknown command '\''."
    
  • The command works correctly with mysql 5.0.77-4.el5_5.4 or earlier

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
  • mysql 5.0.77-4.el5_5.5

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