How to escape special characters in password? [duplicate]
I am trying to install SVN in Ubuntu. My network proxy has a password. In apt.conf when i do:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://username:pass@word@proxy_server:proxy_port";
It's not working . My question is how can I escape @ in pass@word? I tried many combinations but it doesn't work.
You need escape the first @ With \ or use use its Hex ASCII value %40
Try:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://username:pass\@word@proxy_server:proxy_port";
or
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://username:pass%40word@proxy_server:proxy_port";