On 2 March 2012 22:48, Steve H Truong <sh2kus_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> When sending a password to ldap using the –u option if the password as a $
> it is removing it and the
> next character from being passed. We looked at the packet actually going to
> lpda and it is missing
> the $ and then next character. So what it says in the packet trace is 123@#b
> instead of 123@#$ab
>
> -u "domain\659967:123@#$ab"
>
> Any ideas???
>
>   > Try to escape the meta character $:
>
>> bash-3.00$ echo "you owe me $a dollars"
>> you owe me  dollars
>> bash-3.00$ echo "you owe me \$a dollars"
>> you owe me $a dollars
>
>> So in your case:
>> -u "domain\659967:123@#\$ab"

Yes, this is a Unix shell thing and has nothing to do with curl.

Another way to do this is to use ' instead of " to quote the string:

-u 'domain\659967:123@#$ab'

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
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