mmcli --simple-connect script issue when username/password contains special characters

[Amol Lad]

Hi,

Well, this sounds trivial but I'm having problem in using mmcli -simple-connect in a shell script when username or password contains "space" or double-quote

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#!/bin/sh

apn="internet"
username="abc 123"
password="abc\" 456"
cliauth="pap"
iptype=IPv4

mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=$apn,ip-type=$iptype,allowed-auth=$cliauth,user=\"$username\",password=\"$password\""

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I get below error when running the script:

Error parsing connect string: 'Unexpected content (456") after value'

I've tried many combinations but no success. Any suggestion will be helpful.

(I've using MM 1.18.8)

Thanks
Amol

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Hi,

Well, this sounds trivial but I'm having problem in using mmcli -simple-connect in a shell script when username or password contains "space" or double-quote

---

#!/bin/sh

apn="internet"
username="abc 123"
password="abc\" 456"
cliauth="pap"
iptype=IPv4

mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=$apn,ip-type=$iptype,allowed-auth=$cliauth,user=\"$username\",password=\"$password\""

---

I get below error when running the script:

Error parsing connect string: 'Unexpected content (456") after value'

I've tried many combinations but no success. Any suggestion will be helpful.

(I've using MM 1.18.8)

Thanks
Amol