diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l b/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
index ed2816e6a..35172079c 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 pvname	[a-zA-Z0-9_\-:\.\[\]<>]
-value	[a-zA-Z0-9_\,\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\'\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$\{\}]
+value	[a-zA-Z0-9_\,\^~\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\'\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$\{\}]
 
 %{
 %}
diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
index 4970477cd..31580efb5 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 value	[a-zA-Z0-9_\,\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$]
-word	[a-zA-Z0-9_\./\*#\[\]%:;!|\-&\$\(\)@\?\+<>]
+word	[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\^~/\*#\[\]%:;!|\-&\$\(\)@\?\+<>]
 par [\"\']
 
 %{