Batch: DB password with ">"

From: "Schenk, Hendrik" <hendrik(dot)schenk(at)sieb-meyer(dot)de>
To: "pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Batch: DB password with ">"
Date: 2018-10-11 13:07:51
Message-ID: 5a251002104944a2955bdf4dbaea3a42@sieb-meyer.de
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Hi,

i want to modiy the adatabse via batch script. The user has a password that contains symbols like that "g>uAks!". The problem here is the "greater than"-symbol.

call set PGPASSFILE=%TEMP%\pgpass.conf
echo localhost:5432:postgres:postgres:7Ug^>uAks!{VA > %PGPASSFILE%

"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin\psql" -U postgres

psql will always fail with FATAL: User-Athentification failed. The password was read from ..\Local\Temp\pgpass.conf

If I set a Enviromentvariable and "echo" it, it will not work, because of the >-symbol.

C:\Users\hschenk>set PGPASSWORD=lalal>lala

C:\Users\hschenk>echo %PGPASSWORD%
Lalal

How can I use this with a password like this?

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