Note to self, if your password contains a special character such as dollar ( $ ), ensure that you escape if IF you're putting your password into a Bash environment variable, or passing it as a parameter to a Bash script.
Obviously, NOBODY would do that but .....
So, for a password such as: -
Qp4$$w0rd
it should be escaped thusly: -
Qp4\$\$w0rd
Again, do NOT use passwords in variables or on the CLI ......
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