knowledge-base/snippets/proxmox-console-quirks.md

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2026-03-04	reference	snippet proxmox

Proxmox console quirks

• Heredoc (<<EOF) does NOT work in Proxmox web console
• \n in python/printf strings may paste as literal \n
• Use: python3 -c with json.load/dump for file edits (reliable)
• sed s/foo/bar\nbaz/ DOES add real newlines in replacement
• For Proxmox API file edits: must SSH or use node Shell console

Proxmox console quirks

• Heredoc (<<EOF) does NOT work in Proxmox web console

in python/printf strings may paste as literal

• Use: python3 -c with json.load/dump for file edits (reliable)
• sed s/foo/bar baz/ DOES add real newlines in replacement
• For Proxmox API file edits: must SSH or use node Shell console