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Add troubleshooting article: wget/curl URLs with special characters

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Covers shell quoting for URLs containing &, ?, #, and other characters
that Bash interprets as operators. Common gotcha when downloading from
CDNs with token-based URLs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Marcus Summers
2026-04-08 10:18:34 -04:00
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> A growing reference of Linux, self-hosting, open source, streaming, and troubleshooting guides. Written by MajorLinux. Used by MajorTwin.
>
**Last updated:** 2026-04-03
**Article count:** 76
**Last updated:** 2026-04-08
**Article count:** 74
## Domains
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| 🏠 Self-Hosting & Homelab | `02-selfhosting/` | 21 |
| 🔓 Open Source Tools | `03-opensource/` | 10 |
| 🎙️ Streaming & Podcasting | `04-streaming/` | 2 |
| 🔧 General Troubleshooting | `05-troubleshooting/` | 26 |
| 🔧 General Troubleshooting | `05-troubleshooting/` | 29 |
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- [Custom Fail2ban Jail: Apache Directory Scanning](05-troubleshooting/security/apache-dirscan-fail2ban-jail.md) — blocking directory scanners and junk HTTP methods
- [ClamAV Safe Scheduling on Live Servers](05-troubleshooting/security/clamscan-cpu-spike-nice-ionice.md) — preventing clamscan CPU spikes with nice and ionice
- [Systemd Session Scope Fails at Login](05-troubleshooting/systemd/session-scope-failure-at-login.md) — fixing session-cN.scope failures during login
- [wget/curl: URLs with Special Characters Fail in Bash](05-troubleshooting/wget-url-special-characters.md) — fixing broken downloads caused by unquoted URLs with &, ?, # characters
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| Date | Article | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | [wget/curl: URLs with Special Characters Fail in Bash](05-troubleshooting/wget-url-special-characters.md) | Troubleshooting |
| 2026-04-07 | [SSH Config & Key Management](01-linux/networking/ssh-config-key-management.md) | Linux |
| 2026-04-07 | [Windows OpenSSH: WSL Default Shell Breaks Remote Commands](05-troubleshooting/networking/windows-openssh-wsl-default-shell-breaks-remote-commands.md) | Troubleshooting |
| 2026-04-07 | [Windows OpenSSH Server (sshd) Stops After Reboot](05-troubleshooting/networking/windows-sshd-stops-after-reboot.md) | Troubleshooting |