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On April 5, 2016 8:06:08 PM GMT+02:00, hw <hw@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>Neil Bothwick schrieb: |
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>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:43:25 +0200, hw wrote: |
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>>> how do you use lftp (to mirror a remote site) |
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>>> when the password you have contains a bracket? |
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>>> |
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>>> I'm trying 'lftp -u user,pass(word ftp.example.com', and |
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>>> there appears to be no way to escape characters in the |
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>>> password. Using single quotes also doesn't work, same |
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>>> as 'lftp 'ftp://user:pass(word@×××××××.com'. |
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>> |
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>> Try lftp 'ftp://user:pass\(word@×××××××.com' |
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>> or lftp ftp://user:pass\\\(word@×××××××.com |
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>> |
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>> The \ escapes the ( and the single quotes protect it fro the shell. |
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>In |
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>> the second way, you escape the \ as well. |
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>That's what I thought :) I already tried and it didn't |
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>work. |
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Have you tried: |
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lftp -u "user,pass(word" ftp.example.com |
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? |
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Maybe that works. |
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Joost |
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