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I'm writing a script that deals with SSIDs and passwords for wifi connections.

I'm keeping SSIDs/Passwords in a textfile and I want to delineate them with something other than a space, since both SSIDs and passwords can contain spaces.

Are there any characters that I can guarantee won't be in an WEP/WPA SSIDs and passwords?

Jeff Schaller
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  • I'm reading the specification allows for up to 32 8-bit characters of any kind. I guess I will try storing the data as json. – Philip Kirkbride Nov 22 '17 at 19:00
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    If the data can contain nulls, then shell builtins [may have problems](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/169716/117549); json is probably a better route – Jeff Schaller Nov 22 '17 at 19:26
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    Asked and answered over on [SuperUser.stackexchange.com](https://superuser.com/questions/223513/what-are-the-technical-requirements-for-a-wpa-psk-passphrase) – 0xSheepdog Nov 22 '17 at 19:44
  • Also, not a UNIX & Linux question at all. – 0xSheepdog Nov 22 '17 at 19:45

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