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 ## Quick start for users:
 * **ipfs init** to create an ipfs repository on your machine
 * **ipfs add MyFile.txt** to add a file to the repository, will return with a hash that can be used to retrieve the file.
-* **ipfs cat [hash]** to retrieve a file from the repository
+* **ipfs cat \[hash\]** to retrieve a file from the repository
 
 ## For techies (ipfs spec docs):
 * [getting started]https://github.com/ipfs/specs/blob/master/overviews/implement-ipfs.md