WP CLI problem with &amp in search replace

[rushcreek]

Expected behavior

Runs a search and replace (NOTE: I removed the semicolon from Issue Title for the purpose of corrent rendering.)

Actual behavior

[notice] Command: site.dev -- wp search-replace 'https://site.com/index?language=ENU&locale=USA#/signup' 'https://site.com/signup?language=ENU&locale=USA' wp_postmeta;` [Exit: 255] [error]

Steps to reproduce the behavior

terminus wp site.dev -- search-replace 'https://site.com/index?language=ENU&locale=USA#/signup' 'https://site.com/signup?language=ENU&locale=USA' wp_postmeta;

[tannerhodges]

Could this be related to https://github.com/pantheon-systems/terminus/issues/2039#issuecomment-557170708?

[greg-1-anderson]

This is caused by Pantheon SSH, which rejects any command where the command string contains certain characters (e.g. & or ; among others) anywhere on the commandline.

Workarounds are therefore often difficult. When possible, encode special characters without using &, or put the command string on stdin rather than in an argument.