[p4] Using "^" (carrots) in client spec names

[Looney, James B]

We have a script that does some data mining based on the client spec
names, so we need a delimiter.  Our client spec names are based on a
directory structure, so we have to be careful not to use characters
commonly found in directory names.  I finally thought of a ^ ( carrot ).


So, I try the following:
p4 client client^spec^name
p4 -c client^spec^name <add/open/whatever...I mess around a bit with it>

The above seems to work.  So, to make my life easier, I switch over to
using the config file containing:
P4CLIENT=client^spec^name

This results in:
p4 where .
. - must refer to client 'client^spec^name'.

Does anyone know what that means?  It almost seems like its trying to
interpret the ^ as the shell might.  If I use the same command with a
non-^ delimted spec name, it works.  Thoughts?

Thanks,
-JB