From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2008-04-12T08:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help in option parser

Kwong Goh wrote:
> I am using optionparser to take in arguement. However, it seems like the
> option parser does not accept "&" "|" "<" ">" as the arguement when they
> are entered from the command line.
> 
> For example, I use opts.on("-d option"), when I enter -d 1&2 in the
> command line, it will only accept 1 in this case.
> 
> May I know what is the reason for this and how to solve this problem?
> 
> Thanks.


Depends on what O/S and shell you're using. In most Linux shells those 
characters are interpreted by the shell. In Windows both < and > are 
interpreted by cmd.com. I don't know about the others.

You can make the shell ignore those characters by surrounding them with 
quotes or escaping them with an acceptable escape character such as a 
backslash.

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