How to escape special characters in password? [duplicate]

I am trying to install SVN in Ubuntu. My network proxy has a password. In apt.conf when i do:

Acquire::http::Proxy "";

It's not working . My question is how can I escape @ in pass@word? I tried many combinations but it doesn't work.

1 Answer

You need escape the first @ With \ or use use its Hex ASCII value %40

Try:

Acquire::http::Proxy "";

or

Acquire::http::Proxy "";