Re: LYNX-DEV Hex escaping & and company

[Duncan Hill]

On Thu, 22 May 1997, Christopher R. Maden wrote:

> > a server not to accept %26 in place of an &?  I can't type the & at
> > the prompt, because that'll background the process, without
> > finishing the search URL.
> 
> The beast from whom you are trying to hide the ampersand is your UNIX
> shell, and you should escape it in a manner that will hide it from
> UNIX; try \&.

Doh.  Thanks :)

Duncan Hill
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