How to pass post param value with & included using curl

Question

I am trying to make a curl request with post parameters. Below is the curl request:

curl -d "name=abcdef&ghi&age=20" <http://f1.com>

The name parameter value contains & character and it is acting as a delimiter. Is there any way to include & in the parameter values??

Answer 1

To use an an Ampersand symbol (&) in a URL it must have the proper encoding (%26).

Replace the & in the name parameter with %26 in your URL and you should be fine.