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Asterisk character in password - login failed

I have a requirement where i will do sftp to a different server and i want to do this by a shell script

But the password is having asterisk(*) character, so unable to log in. Script :

host=xxxxx
user=celcom_mnp
passwd='CjX3E$4Q&*B6L'
cd /home/mquser/unicaftp/CMS/batch/OBD/MNP/
test=`find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.csv" -mmin +1 | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}'`
lftp<<EOF
open sftp://$host
user  $user $passwd
cd /MNP_Autoin
lcd  /home/mquser/unicaftp/CMS/batch/OBD/MNP
mput `echo $test`
EOF
OUT=$?
if [ $OUT -eq 0 ];then
   echo "$test Succesfully transferred" >> /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/OBD/obdmnplog.txt
else
   echo "Issue with sftp" >> /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/CEP/PUSH/sftplog.txt
fi
mv $test /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/OBD/TEMPMNP/

Error info :

Unknown command `*B6L'.
cd: Login failed: Login incorrect

Please help me out. Thanks in advance

Solution

  • The problem is & (ampersand). Replace 

    user  $user $passwd

    with

    user  $user "$passwd"