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 #### Stable build (packaged release):
 
 ```
-$ wget https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot/archive/v4.0.tar.gz
-$ tar zxvf v4.0.tar.gz
-$ cd spiderfoot-4.0
-$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-$ python3 ./sf.py -l 127.0.0.1:5001
+ wget https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot/archive/v4.0.tar.gz
+ tar zxvf v4.0.tar.gz
+ cd spiderfoot-4.0
+ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+ python3 ./sf.py -l 127.0.0.1:5001
 ```
 
 #### Development build (cloning git master branch):
 
 ```
-$ git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git
-$ cd spiderfoot
-$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-$ python3 ./sf.py -l 127.0.0.1:5001
+ git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git
+ cd spiderfoot
+ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+ python3 ./sf.py -l 127.0.0.1:5001
 ```
 
 Check out the [documentation](https://www.spiderfoot.net/documentation) and our [asciinema videos](https://asciinema.org/~spiderfoot) for more tutorials.