Special characters
The characters <, >, (,), #, ', and “ are not permitted in most CLI fields. These characters are special characters, also known as reserved characters.
You may be able to enter special character as part of a string’s value by using a special command, enclosing it in quotes, or preceding it with an escape sequence — in this case, a backslash ( \ ) character.
In other cases, different keystrokes are required to input a special character. If you need to enter ? as part of config, you first need to input CTRL-V. If you enter the question mark (?) without first using CTRL-V, the question mark has a different meaning in CLI: it will show available command options in that section.
For example, if you enter ? without CTRL-V:
edit "*.xe
token line: Unmatched double quote.
If you enter ? with CTRL-V:
edit "*.xe?"
new entry '*.xe?' added
Table 66: Entering special characters
Character | Keys |
? | Ctrl + V then ? |
Tab | Ctrl + V then Tab |
Space (to be interpreted as part of a string value, not to end the string) | Enclose the string in quotation marks: "Security Administrator”. Enclose the string in single quotes: 'Security Administrator'. Precede the space with a backslash: Security\ Administrator. |
' (to be interpreted as part of a string value, not to end the string) | \' |
" (to be interpreted as part of a string value, not to end the string) | \" |
\ | \\ |
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