6.2. Using Special Characters

6.2. Using Special Characters

When using the ldapsearch command-line utility, it may be necessary to specify values that contain characters that have special meaning to the command-line interpreter, such as space ( ), asterisk (*), and backslash (\). When this situation occurs, enclose the value in quotation marks (""). For example: 

-D "cn=Barbara Jensen, ou=Product Development, dc=example,dc=com"

Depending on the command-line interpreter, use either single or double quotation marks for this purpose. See the operating system documentation for more information.

Additionally, commas in DN values must be escaped with a backslash. For example: 

-D "cn=Patricia Fuentes, ou=people, dc=example,dc=Bolivia\, S.A."

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