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## Command lines, quotes and aliases

There are many different command lines, shells and prompts in which curl can
be used. They all come with their own sets of limitations, rules and
guidelines to follow. The curl tool is designed to work with any of them
without causing troubles but there may be times when your specific command
line system does not match what others use or what is otherwise documented.
There are many different command line environments, shells and prompts in
which curl can be used. They all come with their own sets of limitations,
rules and guidelines to follow. The curl tool is designed to work with any of
them without causing troubles but there may be times when your specific
command line system does not match what others use or what is otherwise
documented.

One way that command-line systems differ, for example, is how you can put
quotes around arguments such as to embed spaces or special symbols. In
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instead of curl when `curl` is typed, by providing an alias that takes
precedence when a command line is executed. In order to use curl properly with
PowerShell, you need to type in its full name including the extension:
"curl.exe".
`curl.exe` or remove the alias.

Different command-line environments have different maximum command line
lengths and force the users to limit how large amount of data that can be put
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