From 767120ce9b4416a514773a01383d5700e939a03b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:38:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] cmdline/differences.md: polish --- cmdline/differences.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/cmdline/differences.md b/cmdline/differences.md index 7d8980da2a..f6b035bd3f 100644 --- a/cmdline/differences.md +++ b/cmdline/differences.md @@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ and better features than the older ones. ## 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 @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ line system decided they know better and "help" the user to use another tool 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