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Provide an example of how to work with databases with quote in the name
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Description
Please explain that, to work with databases with quotes in the name, one needs to escape the quotes.
For instance, if a database is named `"test"` (with quotes in the name), then you need to escape the quotes using `\"test\"`.
I'm not sure why someone would put quotes in the name of a database; maybe it happens by accident. In any case, [this Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/ccnethercott/status/1373972674569994246) shows that this user struggled with it for a while before working out how to escape the quotes.
Perhaps an example or two could onto [this doc page](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/query_language/manage-database/)?
##### Relevant URLs
- https://twitter.com/ccnethercott/status/1373972674569994246
- https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/query_language/manage-database/
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