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Re: lynx-dev How to address & issue?
From: |
brian j. pardy |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev How to address & issue? |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:21:57 -0800 |
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998, Zhao, Jing wrote:
> Hi Lynx gurus :
>
> These days I started using lynx as my http browser on Linux box.
> Everything is running fine except one issue.
> Unix command line treats & as a special command instead of http URL
> parameters. Sometimes, i got url with a lot of
> &. lynx does not work with &(s) in url. Some people told me to replace
> & with %26. I tried that workaround, it does not work
> either.
>
> Your help is really appreciated.
Try putting single quotes around the URL on the commandline or putting a
backslash ahead of each & (also with '?' characters).
$ lynx 'http://www.foo.bar/foo&baz'
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