Semicolon on command line in linux

Question

i am running my application in linux by providing inputs as command line. My input field contain an argument which contains \";\"(semicolon) internally.(For example:123;434;5464

Answer 1

; is treated an end of command character. So 123;456;5464 to bash is in fact 3 commands. To pass such meta-characters escape it with escape character \.

./command 123\;456\;5464

Or Just quote it with single quote (double quote evaluates the inner string) (Thanks Triplee, I forgot to mention this)

./command '123;456;5464'