How to execute a bash command stored as a string with quotes and asterisk [duplicate]

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Have you tried:

eval $cmd

For the follow-on question of how to escape * since it has special meaning when it’s naked or in double quoted strings: use single quotes.

MYSQL='mysql AMORE -u username -ppassword -h localhost -e'
QUERY="SELECT "'*'" FROM amoreconfig" ;# <-- "double"'single'"double"
eval $MYSQL "'$QUERY'"

Bonus: It also reads nice: eval mysql query 😉

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