http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.7 states: $ grep "INSERT INTO record " mythtv_backup.sql > restore.sql $ grep "INSERT INTO recorded " mythtv_backup.sql >> restore.sql This doesn't work. The flie is like: INSERT INTO `record` How do you put this into the grep statment. It doesn't like the ` David