Now I know this is by design, I'll convert them. Thanks Nikos!
2010/7/24 Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]> > Hi, > > This is the expected output. smsbox urlencodes these arguments since most > of the time it sends them to a url fom an sms-service. Besides, some of > these chars "*", "&", "+" are meaningfull to the shell, and it is not a bad > idea to urlencode them. Perl has zillions of functions to urldecode text. > Just use one of them. You can also try: > > exec = perl test.pl %p %k > > BR, > Nikos > ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Geller > To: users > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:10 AM > Subject: Unwanted characters in sender phone number escape code output %q > and %p > > > > > > Hi All > > > I'm getting unusual output in my escape codes %q and %p and I'd appreciate > some help if possible > > > from my conf file: > > > group = sms-service > keyword = test > exec = perl test.pl %q %k > omit-empty = true > > > (I know it's a bad idea to execute - i'll look into URL once I get this > working) > > > From my smsbox log: > > > 2010-07-23 22:58:58 [11450] [4] DEBUG: executing sms-service 'perl > test_pizza.pl %2B14437661234 test' > > > My issue is that I want the %2B dropped from the sender number. A plus (+) > would be fine, but the %2B is causing errors. I've tried this with both %q > and %p - both have the same problem > > > Thanks! > > > Scott >
