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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obtained from [here](https://lftp.yar.ru/).
 
 In order to minimize password inputs, the bwda sftp server can be
 configured in `~/.netrc` in the following way.
-```
+```text
 ~/.netrc
 ---
 machine archive-sftp.lsdf.kit.edu
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The tools included in this package require further machine-specific
 configurations to determine the path on bwda automatically. This is 
 done using the file `~/.bwda`. Here is an example configuration for 
 the machine `os-login.lsdf.kit.edu`.
-```
+```text
 ~/.bwda
 ---
 bwda_acc="xyz"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ and add the directory to your `$PATH`. Do not forget to setup `$HOME/.bwda`.
 
 ## Usage
 ### Interactive session
-```
+```text
 Usage: bwda [-h] [path]
 Opens an interactive lftp session on bwDataArchive.
  path                     directory on LSDF, session will cd to the corresponding bwda directory
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Opens an interactive lftp session on bwDataArchive.
 ```
 
 ### List directory content on bwda
-```
+```text
 Usage: bwdals [opt]
 List the contents of the current directory on bwda.
 Options are directly passed to lftp's ls command with the following exceptions:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Options are directly passed to lftp's ls command with the following exceptions:
 ```
 
 ### Transfer files from bwda to LSDF (in parallel)
-```
+```text
 Usage: bwdaget files
  files                    files to be downloaded
  -c | --channel N         use N channels per file
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Usage: bwdaget files
 ```
 
 ### Syncronize files from LSDF to bwda 
-```
+```text
 Usage: bwdasync [opt] [dir]
  dir                      path to local directory on LSDF
  --include-size-mismatch  include files which mismatch in size to sync list