Net::FTP non-alphanumeric character

bborman has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using Net::FTP which successfully logs into other FTP sites, but will not log into a site that contains an '@' symbol in the password.

I have tried escaping the character, using octal/hex/ascii number versions in the string, and a couple of other things.

Anyone have any ideas how to process that character?

Pertinent code is:

$host = "hostname";
$user = "user";
$psswrd = "xxx@xxx";

$ftp->login($user,$psswrd) or $newerr = 1;
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Re: Net::FTP non-alphanumeric character by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 14, 2011 at 00:22 UTC
If you use warnings, you will get a helpful message: `Possible unintended interpolation of @xxx in string at` [download] The quickest thing to try is to avoid interpolating the @ using single quotes: `$psswrd = 'xxx@xxx';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]