How to properly escape strings starting with "--"

[jlewi]

My component is parameterized by a string args that will be a comma separated list of strings corresponding to container args.

I can't seem to properly escape this when trying to set via the command line.

$ ks param set myjob8 args '--arg1=2,--arg2=3'
ERROR unknown flag: --arg1
$ ks param set myjob8 args "--arg1=2,--arg2=3"
ERROR unknown flag: --arg1

Am I not escaping it correctly or is this an issue with how command line arguments are processed?

[jessicayuen]

Can you try: ks param set myjob8 args \'--arg1=2,--arg2=3\'?

[jlewi]

That works but introduces an extra set of quotes.

    "myjob8": {
      args: "'--arg1=2,--arg2=3'",
    },

[bryanl]

You could try ks param set myjob8 args -- --arg1=2,--arg2=3

[jlewi]

You could try ks param set myjob8 args -- --arg1=2,--arg2=3
That worked thank you.