Update query special characters

what is the trick to escaping a line like this :
lslpp -lc '*sysback*' | grep -v license|tail +2
my attempted query is the following:
update software set software_command =
'{lslpp -lc '*sysback*' | grep -v license|tail +2}'
where software_name = 'Sysback';
The Error
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: "SYSBACK": invalid identifier
Thanks.

also might be worth checking:
Re: error:ORA-00904:invalid identifier
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3          a@3$%jkhkjn
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6          ashgweqfg/gfjwgefj////
7          sdsaf$([]:'
8          <-fdsjgbdfsg
9           dfgfdgfd"uodf
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3          a@3$%jkhkjn
5          bbvxzckvbzxcv&^%#
7          sdsaf$([]:'
8          <-fdsjgbdfsg
10         aaaa bbbbz#$
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2 as
3 (
4 select 1 id, 'aaaaaaaa' name from dual union all
5 select 2 id, 'a1234sgjghb' name from dual union all
6 select 3 id, 'a@3$%jkhkjn' name from dual union all
7 select 4 id, 'abcd-dfghjik' name from dual union all
8 select 5 id, 'bbvxzckvbzxcv&^%#' name from dual union all
9 select 6 id, 'ashgweqfg/gfjwgefj////' name from dual union all
10 select 7 id, 'sdsaf$([]:''' name from dual union all
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12 select 9 id, 'dfgfdgfd"uodf' name from dual union all
13 select 10 id, 'aaaa bbbbz#$' name from dual union all
14 select 11 id, 'cccc dddd-/mnm' name from dual
15 )
16 select *
17    from t
18   where regexp_like(translate(name,'a-/" ','a'), '[^[:alnum:]]');
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         3 a@3$%jkhkjn
         5 bbvxzckvbzxcv&^%#
         7 sdsaf$([]:'
         8 <-fdsjgbdfsg
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2 as
3 (
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5 select 2 id, 'a1234sgjghb' name from dual union all
6 select 3 id, 'a@3$%jkhkjn' name from dual union all
7 select 4 id, 'abcd-dfghjik' name from dual union all
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13 select 10 id, 'aaaa bbbbz#$' name from dual union all
14 select 11 id, 'cccc dddd-/mnm' name from dual
15 )
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17    from t
18   where translate
19         (
20            lower(translate(name,'a-/" ','a'))
21          , '.0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
22          , '.'
23         ) is not null;
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Hi,
I have the emp table with column name first_name.In that table i have lot records with first_name inlcudes the below mentioned special characters.
¡ , ¿, ,Ä,Å,ä,ª,À,Á,Ã,à,á,ã,å,Æ,æ,Ç,ç,È,É,Ê,Ë,è,é,ê,ë,Ì,Í,Î, Ï,ì,í,î,ï, Ñ,ñ, ô, º, Ò, Ó, Ô, Õ, Ö, Ø, ò, ó, õ, ö, ø, ß, Û, Ù, Ú, Ü,ù, ú, û, ü, ÿ,
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PC4_5_3-------NOT ALLOWED
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