From b1d1a36a1e318834c6484056a033ab08be5f8154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Hoffman Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:01:28 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] add note about enclosing urls with quotes when running from command-line. closes GH-384 --- docs/intro/tutorial.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial.rst b/docs/intro/tutorial.rst index 42d6d0d22..9cc3d2d47 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial.rst +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial.rst @@ -239,7 +239,13 @@ installed on your system. To start a shell, you must go to the project's top level directory and run:: - scrapy shell http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Python/Books/ + scrapy shell "http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Python/Books/" + +.. note:: + + Remember to always enclose urls with quotes when running Scrapy shell from + command-line, otherwise urls containing arguments (ie. ``&`` character) + will not work. This is what the shell looks like::