help with ftp script

tkidd · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009

Hello,
I am trying to automate an ftp process, but the password contains a dollar sign $. How can I keep that $ symbol from being misintepreted by the shell script? I created a simple test script.
#!/bin/sh -x
password="test$pwd"
echo $password

Here is the output.
+ password=test
+ echo test
test

Thank you in advance...

vbe · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009

Have you tried "test\$pwd" ?

-----Post Update-----

Why dont you use a .netrc file?

tkidd · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009

Thank you for the quick reply! That did the trick!

#!/bin/sh -x
password="test\$pwd"
echo $password

Here is the output
+ password=test$pwd
+ echo test$pwd
test$pwd

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