Folder name with "&" not getting created with ssh in perl

[mail2sanand]

Hi All,
I am trying to create a folder with "&" in itz name (Ex: TS_&_ABC) with the help of perl's ssh command in another server. The exact command I am triggering in the code is

ssh("-i",$identity_file,"abc.abc.net","mkdir -p /opt/abc/mailboxes/mail/TS_&_ABC");

This creates a folder "TS_" but throws up an error
sh: line 1: _ABC: command not found.

We have already tried enclosing the folder name with single-quotes like
ssh("-i",$identity_file,"abc.abc.net","mkdir -p /opt/abc/mailboxes/mail/'TS_&_ABC'");

Apart from this we had also tried by putting a backslash before the "&"
But no use.

Please help how we can escape the "&" symbol in the perl's ssh command.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Anand.

[chiku1523]

Hi Anand,

Escaping with backslash is working fine when I tried on my SSH

-Chiku

[chiku1523]

Hi Anand,

Try escaping "&" with \backslash

mkdir TS_\&_ABC

You need to escape with \backslash when you want to remove this dir.

-Chiku

[mail2sanand]

I tried out as u said , with a backslash.

ssh("-i",$identity_file,"abc.abc.net","mkdir -p /opt/abc/mailboxes/mail/TS_\&_ABC");

It made no difference ,it created a folder TS_

and throwed up an error as _ABC command not found.

Please revert with suggestions.

regards
sudarshan

[KevinADC]

as suggested on another forum, try using two backslashes:

\\&_ABC"