$ in sensitive variable is not passed into variable powershell script

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I have a password stored in variables as a sensitive value, something like MyPa$wo*d. The string is passed in exactly as typed so powershell does a substitution and replaces $wo with empty string (because it is not defined).

I have tried escaping the $ but I didn’t get anywhere.

How can I use a $ in my secret password in a octopus variable?

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Hi Chris,

You should be able to resolve this by surrounding your variable with single-quotes.

e.g. If your variable is named Password:

Write-Host '#{Password}'

If this doesn’t solve it, please provide a sample of your script.

Regards,
Michael

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Hi Michael,

Ah, I should have been quoting the variables in the script parameters option.

Eg -userName ‘#{userName}’ -password ‘#{password}’

Thanks for your help.

Chris

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You’re most welcome Chris.

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