diff --git a/cmdline/configfile.md b/cmdline/configfile.md index a0217bef66..d8fc18a9e6 100644 --- a/cmdline/configfile.md +++ b/cmdline/configfile.md @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The user agent string example we have used above has no white spaces, so the quo user-agent = Everything-is-an-agent - See ["When to use quotes"](#when-to-use-quotes) for more info on when quotes should be used. +See ["When to use quotes"](#when-to-use-quotes) for more info on when quotes should be used. ### URLs @@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ When entering URLs at the command line, everything that is not an option is assu You'll need to use double quotes when: * the parameter contains white space, or starts with the characters `:` or `=`. -* you need to use escape sequences - * (available options: `\\`, `\"`, `\t`, `\n`, `\r` and `\v`. A backslash preceding any other letter is ignored). +* you need to use escape sequences (available options: `\\`, `\"`, `\t`, `\n`, `\r` and `\v`. A backslash preceding any other letter is ignored). If a parameter containing white space is not enclosed in double quotes, curl will treat the next space or newline as the end of the argument.