Can't set password key with ! character present

[truthsword]

I am trying to set up Duplicacy CLI to manage a backup task presently running under Duplicacy-Web. The good news is that I am able to run this from the CLI and work with the existing backups.

Because the backend is in B2, I wanted to set the various keys in the preference file. While the B2 ID/Key worked, I cannot get the encryption password to save. I get this:

-sh: !P3tAT*fEz: event not found
Note: The password is much longer prior to the apostrophe

Apparently this is due to the ! character in the password. If I escape \ the ! character, the escaped password is saved in the preferences file. However, the password is rejected (of course) as apparently the escape character is passed along to B2 for verification.

I also tried enclosing the set password in quotes " but that had no good effect.

Failed to download the configuration file from the storage: Failed to retrieve the config file: cipher: message authentication failed

When I enter the password manually, I connect to the backup. But that doesn’t work for me. I’m unsure how Duplicacy-Web manages this password, where the CLI stumbles.

Appreciate any advice.

[truthsword]

Answering my own post here. Maybe someone will find this helpful.

After using the escape character and saving the defective password, I manually edited the preferences file (the escape character was not present, however the password was truncated where a $ character had been. For example…

Password = jk2plkd!kkdo$d8

The set command used jk2plkd\!kkdo$d8

The preference file saved jk2plkd!kkdo

With vim, I tacked on the $d8, saved/exited, and the auto-connection now works fine.

So perhaps there’s a bug somewhere in all this.