Be cautious when citing examples on a list :-) louis@athlon ~ $ whois example.com
Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Server Name: EXAMPLE.COM.RAFAELYALUFF.COM IP Address: 173.203.204.123 Registrar: DOMAIN.COM, LLC Whois Server: whois.domain.com Referral URL: http://www.domain.com Server Name: EXAMPLE.COM.AU Registrar: ENETICA PTY LTD Whois Server: whois.enetica.com.au Referral URL: http://www.enetica.com.au Domain Name: EXAMPLE.COM Registrar: RESERVED-INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBERS AUTHORITY Whois Server: whois.iana.org Referral URL: http://res-dom.iana.org Name Server: A.IANA-SERVERS.NET Name Server: B.IANA-SERVERS.NET Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 14-aug-2011 Creation Date: 14-aug-1995 Expiration Date: 13-aug-2012 >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:03:33 UTC <<< On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 14:25 +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > how can i make ksh leave the '#' alone in the url i am passing > as a parameter? > > $ curl -v "http://example.com/test#1" > > GET /test HTTP/1.1 > ^^^^^ > > $ curl -v 'http://example.com/test#1' > > GET /test HTTP/1.1 > ^^^^^ > > $ curl -v "http://example.com/test\#1" > > GET /test\ HTTP/1.1 > ^^^^^ > > $ curl -v 'http://example.com/test\#1' > > GET /test\ HTTP/1.1 > ^^^^^ > > -f