Delimiters and special characters

Delimiters and special characters for conman lists characters having special meanings in conman commands:
Table 1. Delimiters and special characters for conman
Char. Description
& Command delimiter. See Setting up the conman command-line program.
+ A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an attribute the object must have. For example: 
sked1(1100 03/05/2006).@~priority=0
~ A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an attribute the object must not have. For example: 
sked1(1100 03/05/2006).@~priority=0
; Argument delimiter. For example: 
;info;offline
, Repetition and range delimiter. For example: 
state=hold,sked,pend
= Value delimiter. For example: 
state=hold
:! Command prefixes that pass the command on to the system. These prefixes are optional; if conman does not recognize the command, it is passed automatically to the system. For example: 
!ls or :ls
* Comment prefix. The prefix must be the first character on a command line or following a command delimiter. For example: 
*comment

or

sj& *comment
> Redirects command output to a file and overwrites the contents of that file. If the file does not exist, it is created. For example: 
sj> joblist
>> Redirects command output to a file and appends the output to the end of that file. If the file does not exist, it is created. For example: 
sj >> joblist
| Pipes command output to a system command or process. The system command is run whether or not output is generated. For example: 
sj| grep ABEND
|| Pipes command output to a system command or process. The system command is not run if there is no output. For example: 
sj || grep ABEND