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Basic cURL Command Examples

This document provides 5 examples of basic cURL commands: 1) Check a URL, 2) Save a URL's output to a file, 3) Download files, 4) Get HTTP header information, and 5) Access an FTP server. cURL is a command line tool that can be used to transfer data to and from servers using various protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. The examples demonstrate how to view website content, save web pages locally, download files, view HTTP headers, and transfer files via FTP.

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Basic cURL Command Examples

This document provides 5 examples of basic cURL commands: 1) Check a URL, 2) Save a URL's output to a file, 3) Download files, 4) Get HTTP header information, and 5) Access an FTP server. cURL is a command line tool that can be used to transfer data to and from servers using various protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. The examples demonstrate how to view website content, save web pages locally, download files, view HTTP headers, and transfer files via FTP.

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likeFILE,HTTP,HTTPS,IMAP,IMAPS,LDAP,DICT,LDAPS,TELNET,FTP,FTPS,GOPHER,RTMP,

RTSP,SCP,SFTP,POP3,POP3S,SMB,SMBS,SMTP,SMTPS,andTFTP.

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OneofthemostcommonandsimplestusesofcURListypingthecommanditself,followedbytheURLyou

wanttocheck

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curl[Link]

ThiscommandwilldisplaythecontentoftheURLonyourterminal

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TheoutputofthecURLcommandcanbeeasilysavedtoafilebyaddingtheooptiontothecommand,as

shownbelow

curlowebsite[Link]

%Total%Received%XferdAverageSpeedTimeTimeTimeCurrent
DloadUploadTotalSpentLeftSpeed
1004179304179300275k0::::::2.9M

Inthisexample,outputwillbesavetoafilenamedwebsiteinthecurrentworkingdirectory.

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localserverwiththesamenamesasontheremoteserver

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cURLcanbealsousedtodownloadmultiplefilessimultaneously,asshownintheexamplebelow

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cURLcanbealsousedtodownloadfilessecurelyviaSSHusingthefollowingcommand

curluusers[Link]

Notethatyouhavetousethefullpathofthefileyouwanttodownload

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YoucaneasilygetHTTPheaderinformationfromanywebsiteyouwantbyaddingtheIoption(capitali)to

cURL.

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HTTP/1.1200OK
Date:Sun,16Oct201623:37:15GMT
Server:Apache/2.4.23(Unix)
XPoweredBy:PHP/5.6.24
Connection:close
ContentType:text/html;charset=UTF8

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ToaccessyourFTPserverwithcURLusethefollowingcommand

curl[Link]

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cURLwillconnecttotheFTPserverandlistallfilesanddirectoriesinusershomedirectory

YoucandownloadafileviaFTP

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anduploadafileottheFTPserver

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YoucancheckcURLmanualpagetoseeallavailablecURLoptionsandfunctionalities

mancurl

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