Re: Argv problem

In most shells & is interpreted as "put this process in the background". So the shell is likely eating that, and leaving your script without. Try single or double quoting (depends on shell).

BTW, & is probably a poor choice for an argument. Can you change it to something else?

-QM
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Re^2: Argv problem by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2013 at 08:55 UTC
Its a password field so it can have any value , so user can enter & also.	[reply]
Re^3: Argv problem by QM (Parson) on Mar 04, 2013 at 09:02 UTC
It's probably a bad idea to let the user enter a visible password. That said, suggest that the user quote the password or escape special characters, noting that in some shells, some characters are ridiculously difficult to quote correctly. Also search here and elsewhere. A quick search turned up Inputting a password w/o having it displayed on screen, which may help. -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]
Re^4: Argv problem by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2013 at 09:35 UTC
What is the cmd interpreting & as?	[reply]
Re^5: Argv problem by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Mar 04, 2013 at 10:36 UTC