title: Asterisk character in password - login failed
body: <p>I have a requirement where i will do sftp to a different server and i want to do  this by a shell script</p>
  
  <p>But the password is having asterisk(*) character, so unable to log in.
  Script :</p>
  
  <pre><code>host=xxxxx
  user=celcom_mnp
  passwd='CjX3E$4Q&amp;*B6L'
  cd /home/mquser/unicaftp/CMS/batch/OBD/MNP/
  test=`find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.csv" -mmin +1 | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}'`
  lftp&lt;&lt;EOF
  open sftp://$host
  user  $user $passwd
  cd /MNP_Autoin
  lcd  /home/mquser/unicaftp/CMS/batch/OBD/MNP
  mput `echo $test`
  EOF
  OUT=$?
  if [ $OUT -eq 0 ];then
     echo "$test Succesfully transferred" &gt;&gt; /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/OBD/obdmnplog.txt
  else
     echo "Issue with sftp" &gt;&gt; /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/CEP/PUSH/sftplog.txt
  fi
  mv $test /home/mquser/CIFM_STORE/OBD/TEMPMNP/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error info :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Unknown command `*B6L'.
  cd: Login failed: Login incorrect
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help me out.  Thanks in advance</p>