Trouble connecting to networks on debian about node-wifi HOT 12 CLOSED

Please give your version of debian.
nmcli seemed to be good cli interface a priori but it is quite mis configured in some distributions.

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Does this work on some distros? Which ones? I am in an embedded environment, but I might be able to just switch. I'm on Debian 8.3

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 (jessie)
Release:        8.3
Codename:       jessie

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It works in Ubuntu but not on debian nor raspbian. It is a issue to resolve but I would like to resolve it with keeping nmcli instead of using another command line tool. I already tried a quite long time but nmcli is not well configured in few distributions.

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If you have any idea how to manage it on debian, I will integrate in the project without a doubt.

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I have an update here. nmcli works if I do:

nmcli dev wifi con "MY_SSID" password 'MY_PASSWORD' instead of nmcli dev wifi con "MY_SSID" password "MY_PASSWORD". I have a dollar sign in my password. I wonder if that is related?

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It also works if I add a $, must be bash thinking that $ is a variable name? Maybe we need something like this across the commands: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7685469/1629323. What do you think @thibaultfriedrich ?

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Calling the escape function on my string before connecting fixes it. Is that something we'd want to add to the code itself?

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Sorry for the absence, do not hesitate to propose a pull request, if it works for you, I will test on our machines before merging it.

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In fact, I will to it today.

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The following function doesn't work at all for me. May you be more accurate of which function works for you.

var escapeShell = function(cmd) {
    return '"'+cmd.replace(/(["\s'$`\\])/g,'\\$1')+'"';
};

Moreover, I already use ' instead of " for password and ssid.

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