Zowe CLI doesn't display List element result
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Zowe CLI doesn't display List element result

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Article ID: 233590

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Endevor

Issue/Introduction

The 'request list element *' from Zowe CLI returned 17 element of type ELTYPE but elements aren't listed by zowe, the header is displayed without content.
Example:
Spawned task shows that request from Zowe is well performed by API:

<<
           13:20:46  API0101I  BEGINNING OF API ACTION PROCESSING
                     API0100I  LIST ELEMENT
                     API0100I     TO DDNAME: APIEXTR
                     API0100I     MESSAGE DDNAME: C1MSGSA
                     API0100I     ENVIRONMENT: ENVABCD
                     API0100I     STAGE ID: A
                     API0100I     SYSTEM: TEST
                     API0100I     SUBSYSTEM: TEST
                     API0100I     TYPE: ELTYPE
                     API0100I     ELEMENT: *
                     API0100I     OPTIONS
                     API0100I             PATH: L  RETURN: F  SEARCH: N
                     API0100I             DATA: ALL
                     API0100I             RETURN FROM EXTENSION REC: Y
                     API0100I             RETURN TARGET EXTENSION REC: Y
                     API0100I     WHERE
                     API0100I             LAST PROC FAILED: N
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Environment

Release : 18.1

Component : ZOWE BASE

Cause

The issue occurs when Endevor plugin is on version 6.1.5
The issue is related to # (number/pound) sign which is fixed in later versions.
In older versions if some elements/systems/subsystems/environments contains special characters (like dollar symbol, pound symbol and etc.) in their names this would result in CLI error. 

Resolution

Upgrade JSON plugin to 6.4.0 or higher.