Bug 709385 - Add information on bash shell limitations when running cli scripts
Summary: Add information on bash shell limitations when running cli scripts
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Identity_Management_Guide
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
: 6.2
Assignee: Deon Ballard
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Blocks: IPA62DOC
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Reported: 2011-05-31 15:05 UTC by Deon Ballard
Modified: 2011-12-12 19:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-12-12 19:15:00 UTC
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Description Deon Ballard 2011-05-31 15:05:54 UTC 
When running any CLI script with special characters (like >, <, &, *, |) the command will fail because the shell can't handle unescaped characters.

A note should be added to the docs that any special characters need to be escaped or the command invocation will fail.
Comment 2 Deon Ballard 2011-06-02 18:44:28 UTC 
Blocking the IPA 2.1 tracker bug.
Comment 3 Deon Ballard 2011-08-25 13:40:10 UTC 
I added this in two places:

* basic usage: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/96.2/html/Enterprise_Identity_Management_Guide/basic-usage.html#running-scripts

* tools appendix: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/96.2/html/Enterprise_Identity_Management_Guide/tools-reference.html#special-chars
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