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Tips on escaping special characters related to WebSphere Application Server (Command prompts and scripting)

Troubleshooting


Problem

Using command-line tools with WebSphere® Application Server or WebSphere Liberty, you need to take into account special characters in use when using command-line arguments, including passwords and file directories.  Special characters like dollar-signs, spaces, or percent signs have significance depending on what shell is being used.   

Special characters aren't limited to passwords, but passwords can easily contain special characters.  A file directory path passed as a command-line argument is another example, where quotation marks allows for paths with space characters to be read correctly.


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Document Information

More support for:
WebSphere Application Server

Component:
Security->Administrative Security

Software version:
All Version(s)

Document number:
6327229

Modified date:
25 April 2025

UID

ibm16327229

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