Overview
curl is a command-line utility for downloading files from the web. It supports downloading files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS and many other protocols. It is very similar to wget.
Syntax
curl [options] [URL]
Basic Usage
To download a file using curl, simply provide the URL of the file you want to download. Here's the basic command format:
curl [URL]
For example, to download a file named "example.txt" from a website, run the following command:
curl -O http://www.example.com/example.txt
The downloaded local file will be named as example.txt , note that if no filename part is specified in the URL, this command using the -O flag will fail.
For more use cases and a detailed tutorial, please visit https://curl.se/docs/tutorial.html .
Common Options
-o --output <file>Write to a local file instead of stdout-O --remote-nameWrite output to a file named as the same as the remote file
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