# Fbcmd - pass variables with semicolons in the value?
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbcmd-pass-variables-with-semicolons-in-the-value/1189
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 28, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbcmd-pass-variables-with-semicolons-in-the-value/1189 "2009-04-28T09:00:48Z")
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbcmd-pass-variables-with-semicolons-in-the-value/1189/1 "2009-04-28T09:00:48Z")
I need to pass a connection string as a variable to FBCMD. These connection strings have semicolons in them, but FBCMD uses semicolon as a variable delimiter. How can I escape this character properly? I tried **\;** but it didn't work.
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbcmd-pass-variables-with-semicolons-in-the-value/1189/2 "2009-04-29T06:09:19Z")
Hi Eric
FBCmd doesn’t have support for escaping semicolons on the command line. I guess that’s something we need to add.
In the meantime, use another symbol and use the String Replace action at the start of the build to get the semicolons back into the variables.
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbcmd-pass-variables-with-semicolons-in-the-value/1189/3 "2009-04-29T03:44:28Z")
Thanks I’ll give that a go. Hope to see escaping in the future though.