EEM CLI command that includes quotes

[srauen]

I am working on an EEM script, but I've come to a roadblock. My script needs to run multiple commands, and it can run them all except one. This is a command that needs quotes in the command itself.

Is there a way to get an EEM script to run a command that has literal quotes in the command? I've tried all sorts of things like \"word\", (\"word\").... single quotes. None have worked so far.

action 4.2 cli command "group-policy "policy name with spaces""

[mattmyers]

A variable is needed to store the double quote since the action cli command won't let you enter double quotes within double quotes.  Also a literal \ is needed when calling the variable so that the it doesn't think your variable name is qpolicy in your action cli command.  I believe the actual cli command that runs as a result of the script is (group-policy \policy name with spaces")without parentheses but Cisco appears to not care about the \.  Note that after entering this if you perform a show run you will see the command action 103 set q """  As a result, after a reboot this command the """ will not survive and you'll need to enter it again as action 103 set q "\"".

Here is how you do this...

event manager applet test1 authorization bypass

event none

action 101 cli command "enable"

action 102 cli command "config t"

action 103 set q "\""

action 104 cli command "group-policy $q\policy name with spaces$q"