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@@ -658,22 +658,22 @@ FAQ 4.2 Why do I get problems when I use & or % in the URL? - In general unix shells, the & letter is treated specially and when used, it + In general unix shells, the & symbol is treated specially and when used, it runs the specified command in the background. To safely send the & as a part of a URL, you should quote the entire URL by using single (') or double (") quotes around it. Similar problems can also occur on some shells with other characters, including ?*!$~(){}<>\|;`. When in doubt, quote the URL. - An example that would invoke a remote CGI that uses &-letters could be: + An example that would invoke a remote CGI that uses &-symbols could be: curl 'http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text=yes&q=curl' - In Windows, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you - need to use TWO %-letters for each single one you want to use in the URL. + In Windows, the standard DOS shell treats the %-symbol specially and you + need to use TWO %-symbols for each single one you want to use in the URL. - Also note that if you want the literal %-letter to be part of the data you + Also note that if you want the literal %-symbol to be part of the data you pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25' (which then also - needs the %-letter doubled on Windows machines). + needs the %-symbol doubled on Windows machines). 4.3 How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs? diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 417befb37..b59231a03 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ CONFIG FILE can also specify the long options without the dashes to make it more readable. You can separate the options and the parameter with spaces, or with = or :. Comments can be used within the file. If the first letter on a - line is a '#'-letter the rest of the line is treated as a comment. + line is a '#'-symbol the rest of the line is treated as a comment. If you want the parameter to contain spaces, you must enclose the entire parameter within double quotes ("). Within those quotes, you specify a |