AzureCLIV1 with variable values containing %X

AzureCLIV1

When a variable value used in the inline script, contains %X it results in weird output.

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Issue Description

I use this task in a classing Release pipeline with the following inline script:

az webapp config appsettings set --name foo --resource-group foo --slot-settings Foo="$(foo)" 
Bar="$(bar)"

There are two variables there (I actually use a lot more but I have shortened for brevity).

When the value of $(foo) contains %X I see weird output. So suppose the value of $(foo) is “Hi%X” I then see this as the final az cli call being made:

az webapp config appsettings set --name foo --resource-group foo --slot-settings Foo="HiOTHER VARIABLE VALUES HERE"

In this case the value I am setting is a password, so it does contain symbols and in this case it happens to contain %X which is breaking the script.

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[anuragc617]

@dazinator AzureCLIV1 uses batch files, so to escape them you can follow esacping guidelines for batch. I found this link useful for escaping batch files. For escaping % you need to give %%. You can also use AzureCLIV2 that supports various scripting languages. There also you will need to escape based on the language selected

[dazinator]

I’ll create a new issue.