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@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 
 To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type:
 
-    sudo curl -L https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
-    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```shell
+sudo curl -L https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```
+```shell
+sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```
 
 If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
-
-    sudo wget https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
-    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```shell
+sudo wget https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```
+```shell
+sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+```
 
 Windows users can [download an .exe file](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest/download/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in any location on their [PATH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29) except for `%SYSTEMROOT%\System32` (e.g. **do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`).