How to include an '&' character in a bash curl statement

bash, curl

Solution

Putting single quotes around the `&` symbol seems to work. That is, using a URL like `http://www.example.com/page.asp?arg1=${i}'&'arg2=${j}` with curl returns the requested webpage.

Problem

I'm trying to use curl in bash to download a webpage, but the `&` symbol in the URL isn't interpreted as a character as I would like. Any ideas on how I can convince bash that the symbol `&` is just a boring character and nothing special?

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