====== Why do we recommend bash ?  ======


===== A propos =====
''Tabulify'' recommends to use a bash based terminal because bash supports to pass simply a URL as parameter whereas Windows ''CMD'' or ''Powershell'' do not. 

The Windows ''CMD'' or ''Powershell'' shell see the ''&'' ampersand character of an URL as a special terminal character known as a control operator and split the URL.

===== Example =====

For instance, if you want to copy:
  * the content of the following URL [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=SQL|https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=SQL]] 
  * in a CMD/DOS/Powershell terminal
  * with the [[docs:tabli:data:copy|data copy command]] 
<code dos>
tabli data copy "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=SQL" sql.xml
</code>
Because of the ''ampersand'', you will get the following error. 
<console>
=query was unexpected at this time.
</console>

<note>
  * On ''Windows shell'', the ampersand must be then escaped 
  * While the same command line in a ''Bash'' would just run (because Bash creates token (word) of each argument and does not process them any further)
</note>


===== How to get Bash  ? =====

If you does not have bash, we have created [[howto:tabli:bash|a step-by-step tutorial on how to install it]].