title: How can I pass command-line arguments containing special characters to a process launched via Perl or Bash?
body: <p>I need to launch curl for a test. I need to send XML which has " /  and other crazy things. Whats the quickest way to do it? I tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>curl -k -d '&lt;xs:element name="Login"/&gt;' https://thewebsite.com/page.exe
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  <p>with no luck.</p>