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Anthony Bryan's letter=>symbol fixes

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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?

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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