CLI script with if/else is not handling special characters strings with parenthesis in JBoss EAP 6

Environment

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.4.2

Issue

When using CLI if-else scripting that uses a string that contains parenthesis it fails with the following message:

Failed to handle 'if (outcome == success && result.value != "a64180c0)e7187af86b435229de904104") of /system-property=test:read-resource': Unexpected operation at 49 in '(outcome == success && result.value != "a64180c0)e7187af86b435229de904104")'

Resolution

Apply JBoss EAP 6.4 Cumulative Patch (CP) 6 when available.

Root Cause

The bugzilla This content is not included.1249773 covers this issue.

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