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@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@
public void describeTable(DataOutputStream outStream,  String colPath,
             // show table information
             outStream.write(("Detailed Table Information").getBytes("UTF-8"));
             outStream.write(separator);
-            outStream.write(tbl.getTTable().toString().getBytes("UTF-8"));
+            String tableDesc = HiveStringUtils.escapeJava(tbl.getTTable().toString());
+            outStream.write(tableDesc.getBytes("UTF-8"));
             outStream.write(separator);
             outStream.write(terminator);
           }
