mysqldump and special characters in the password

[Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

Hi guys,

I'm setting up a script to backup the mysql databases on a web server.

For example:

mysqldump -u root --password=p@$$w0rd web8_db1 > /home/backup/web8_db1.sql

This fails.  But I can log in with mysql -u root -p   and then type the password in, and that works.

How do I get mysqldump to deal to deal with the funny characters?

Thanks
Hans