On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Chris Knipe <sav...@savage.za.org> wrote:
> I'm having a bit of a strange issue executing a system command through > perl. > The system command reads a bunch of parameters through STDIN, and responds > via STDOUT. The problem is that special commands (notably the "#" and "!" > character. Perl itself, escapes the characters correctly (as indicated > through the print $RADCommand code), but the command once executed through > the shell, but from there it goes pear shaped once the system executes the > command.. > > A quick example: > use Data::Dumper; > use strict; > use warnings; > my $AuthName = "user\@domain.com"; > my $AuthPass = "!\@#bsay0nd"; > Try escaping the "#" for the shell, like this: my $AuthPass = "!\@\\#bsay0nd"; The shell sees the "#" and treats the rest of the line like a comment. When passing "!@\#bsay0nd" to the shell, it interprets "#" as a literal character instead. -- Robert Wohlfarth
