help with special character in check command

[Rob Brown]

I am trying to use the check_snmp command to do a check against some
network gear. The problem is that the community string is "xyz123!"
(not really but example) and I cannot figure out how to get this to
pass thru to the check command without it stripping the "!" character.
For example:
define command {
        command_name    check_snmp
        command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -o $ARG1$
-w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$ -C $ARG4$
}
define service {
        host_name                       myrouter
        service_description           check_connections
        useprod-                            workhours
        check_command               check_snmp![myoid]!255000!260000!xyz123!
        notification_options            c,w,r,f
        contact_groups                  sysadmin
}
I have run the args thru a debug command and no matter what, the last
! in the comm string gets stripped off.
I have tried:
check_snmp![myoid]!255000!260000!xyz123!
check_snmp![myoid]!255000!260000!xyz123\!
check_snmp![myoid]!255000!260000!xyz123!!

my nagios.cfg does have the following:
illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<>?,()=
but I tried taking the bang out and it still doesn't work.

Any help here would be appreciated, as I cannot change the community string.
There's got to be some trick to get this to work!

PS: the command works fine when run from the command line.

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