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Several environment variables affect virt-rescue. See
L<guestfs(3)/ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES> for the complete list.
+=head1 SHELL QUOTING
+
+Libvirt guest names can contain arbitrary characters, some of which
+have meaning to the shell such as C<#> and space. You may need to
+quote or escape these characters on the command line. See the shell
+manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<guestfs(3)>,