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jnavarr5
  Tue Jan 5 17:06:01 2021 -0800
Removing the escaped characters to clean up the markdown file (github README) refs #23297

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-% Genome Browser in the Cloud User\'s Guide
+% Genome Browser in the Cloud User's Guide
 
 # What is Genome Browser in the Cloud?
 
 The Genome Browser in the Cloud (GBiC) program is a convenient tool that automates the setup of a
 UCSC Genome Browser mirror. The GBiC program is for users who want to set up a full mirror of the 
 UCSC Genome Browser on their server/cloud instance, rather than using 
 [Genome Browser in a Box](gbib.html) (GBIB) 
 or our public website. Please see the 
 [Installation of a UCSC Genome Browser on a local machine (mirror)](mirror.html#considerations-before-installing-a-genome-browser)
 page for a summary of installation options, including the pros and cons of using a mirror
-installation via the GBiC program vs\. using GBiB.
+installation via the GBiC program vs. using GBiB.
 
 The program works by setting up MySQL (MariaDB), Apache, and Ghostscript, and then copying the
 Genome Browser CGIs onto the machine under `/usr/local/apache/`. Because it also deactivates the
 default Apache htdocs/cgi folders, it is best run on a new machine, or at least a host that is not
 already used as a web server. The tool can also download full or partial assembly databases,
-update the Genome Browser CGIs, and remove temporary files (aka \"trash cleaning\").
+update the Genome Browser CGIs, and remove temporary files (aka "trash cleaning").
 
 The GBiC program has been tested with Ubuntu 14/16 LTS, Centos 6/6.7/7.2, and Fedora 20.
 
 It has also been tested on virtual machines in Amazon EC2 (Centos 6 and Ubuntu 14) and Microsoft 
 Azure (Ubuntu). If you want to load data on the fly from UCSC, you need to select the 
-data centers \"US West (N. California)\" (Amazon) or \"West US\" (Microsoft) for best performance. 
-Other data centers (e.g\. East Coast) will require a local copy of the genome assembly, which 
+data centers "US West (N. California)" (Amazon) or "West US" (Microsoft) for best performance. 
+Other data centers (e.g. East Coast) will require a local copy of the genome assembly, which 
 requires 2TB-7TB of storage for the hg19 assembly. Note that this exceeds the current maximum 
 size of a single Amazon EBS volume.
 
 # Quick Start Instructions
 
 Download the GBiC program from the [UCSC Genome Browser store](https://genome-store.ucsc.edu/).
 
 Run the program as root, like this:
 
     sudo bash browserSetup.sh install
 
 The `install` command downloads and configures Apache, MySQL (MariaDB) and Ghostscript, copies the
 Genome Browser CGIs, and configures the mirror to load data remotely from UCSC. The `install`
 command must be run before any other command is used.
 
@@ -75,43 +75,43 @@
 
 Your network firewall must allow outgoing connections to the following servers and ports:
 
 * MySQL (MariaDB) connections, used to load tracks not local to your computer:
 	* US server: Port 3306 on genome-mysql.soe.ucsc.edu (128.114.119.174)
 	* European server: Port 3306 on genome-euro-mysql.soe.ucsc.edu (129.70.40.120)
 * Rsync, used to download track data:
 	* US server: TCP port 873 on hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu (128.114.119.163)
 	* European server: TCP port 873 on hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu (129.70.40.99)
 * Download HTML descriptions on the fly:
 	* US server: TCP port 80 on hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu (128.114.119.163)
 	* European server: TCP port 80 on hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu (129.70.40.99)
 
 ### Root file system too small for all data
 If you need to move data to another partition because the root file system is too small for all of
-the assembly\'s data, the following steps will help complete the installation. First, do a minimal
-installation with the browserSetup.sh script as described below, using just the \"install\"
-argument. Then make symlinks to the directory that will contain the data, e.g\. if your biggest
-filesystem is called \"/big\":
+the assembly's data, the following steps will help complete the installation. First, do a
+minimal installation with the browserSetup.sh script as described below, using just the "install"
+argument. Then make symlinks to the directory that will contain the data, e.g. if your
+biggest filesystem is called "/big":
 
 ```
 sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /big/
 sudo mv /gbdb /big/
 sudo ln -s /big/mysql /var/lib/mysql
 sudo ln -s /big/gbdb /gbdb
 ```
 
-Then use the \"mirror\" or \"minimal\" arguments to browserSetup.sh to rsync over the majority of
+Then use the "mirror" or "minimal" arguments to browserSetup.sh to rsync over the majority of
 the data.
 
 
 # GBiC Commands
 
 The first argument of the program is called `command` in the following section of this document. 
 The first command that you will need is `install`, which installs the Genome Browser dependencies,
 binary files and basic MySQL (MariaDB) infrastructure:
 
     sudo bash browserSetup.sh install
 
 There are a number of options supported by the GBiC program. In all cases, options must
 be specified before the command. 
 
 The following example correctly specifies the batch mode option to the program:
@@ -253,16 +253,16 @@
          This option will download a udr binary to /usr/local/bin
   -o   - switch to offline-mode. Remove all statements from hg.conf that allow
          loading data on-the-fly from the UCSC download server. Requires that
          you have downloaded at least one assembly, using the '"download"' 
          command, not the '"mirror"' command.
   -f   - switch to on-the-fly mode. Change hg.conf to allow loading data
          through the internet, if it is not available locally. The default mode
          unless an assembly has been provided during install
   -h   - this help message
 ```
 
 # Credits
 * Max Haeussler for writing the program.
 * Christopher Lee for testing and QA.
 * Daniel Vera (bio.fsu.edu) for his RHEL install notes.
-* Bruce O\'Neill, Malcolm Cook for feedback.
+* Bruce O'Neill, Malcolm Cook for feedback.