FAILED: ParseException line 1:21 cannot recognize input near '' '' '' in table name

Question

Command:

hive -e \"use xxx;DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `xxx.flashsaleeventproducts_hist`;CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE `xxx.flashsaleeventproducts_hist`(`event_id` string,`grou         


        

Answer 1

I have known the problem came from symbol : ` .

Remove that symbol solve the problem .

Only one question left is why ` work well in hive-cli but failed in hive -e "xxx".