On Tuesday 05 Apr 2016 20:06:08 hw wrote: > Neil Bothwick schrieb: > > On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:43:25 +0200, hw wrote: > >> how do you use lftp (to mirror a remote site) > >> when the password you have contains a bracket? > >> > >> I'm trying 'lftp -u user,pass(word ftp.example.com', and > >> there appears to be no way to escape characters in the > >> password. Using single quotes also doesn't work, same > >> as 'lftp 'ftp://user:pass([email protected]'. > > > > Try lftp 'ftp://user:pass\([email protected]' > > or lftp ftp://user:pass\\\([email protected] > > > > The \ escapes the ( and the single quotes protect it fro the shell. In > > the second way, you escape the \ as well. > > That's what I thought :) I already tried and it didn't > work.
Did you try putting single/double quotes around passwd only? -- Regards, Mick
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