Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 23 views

    5 Basic CURL Command Examples - RoseHosting

    Uploaded by

    semabay
    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.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    5 Basic CURL Command Examples - RoseHosting

    Uploaded by

    semabay
    23 views4 pages
    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.

    Original Description:

    this is basic curl commands

    Original Title

    5 Basic CURL Command Examples – RoseHosting

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    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.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    23 views4 pages

    5 Basic CURL Command Examples - RoseHosting

    Uploaded by

    semabay
    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.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 4

    5/29/2017 5basiccURLcommandexamplesRoseHosting.

    comBlog

    5basiccURLcommandexamples
    OCTOBER21,2016 1 TIPSANDTRICKS

    Facebook 0 Twitter 8 Google+ 2 Linkedin 2

    cURLisveryusefulcommandlinetooltotransferdatafromortoaserver.cURLsupportsvariousprotocols

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

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

    cURLcanbeusedinmanydifferentandinterestingways.Withthistoolyoucandownload,uploadandmanage

    files,checkyouremailaddress,orevenupdateyourstatusonsomeofthesocialmediawebsitesorcheckthe

    weatheroutside.InthisarticlewillcoverfiveofthemostusefulandbasicusesofthecURLtoolonanyLinux

    VPS.

    1.CheckURL
    OneofthemostcommonandsimplestusesofcURListypingthecommanditself,followedbytheURLyou

    wanttocheck

    https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/curlcommandexamples/ 1/4
    5/29/2017 5basiccURLcommandexamplesRoseHosting.comBlog

    curlhttps://domain.com

    ThiscommandwilldisplaythecontentoftheURLonyourterminal

    2.SavetheoutputoftheURLtoafile
    TheoutputofthecURLcommandcanbeeasilysavedtoafilebyaddingtheooptiontothecommand,as

    shownbelow

    curlowebsitehttps://domain.com

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

    Inthisexample,outputwillbesavetoafilenamedwebsiteinthecurrentworkingdirectory.

    3.DownloadfileswithcURL
    YoucandownlaodfileswithcURLbyaddingtheOoptiontothecommand.Itisusedforsavingfilesonthe

    localserverwiththesamenamesasontheremoteserver

    curlOhttps://domain.com/file.zip

    Inthisexample,thefile.zipziparchivewillbedownloadedtothecurrentworkingdirectory.

    YoucanalsodownloadthefilewithadifferentnamebyaddingtheooptiontocURL.

    curloarchive.ziphttps://domain.com/file.zip

    Thiswaythefile.ziparchivewillbedownloadedandsavedasarchive.zip.
    https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/curlcommandexamples/ 2/4
    5/29/2017 5basiccURLcommandexamplesRoseHosting.comBlog

    cURLcanbealsousedtodownloadmultiplefilessimultaneously,asshownintheexamplebelow

    curlOhttps://domain.com/file.zipOhttps://domain.com/file2.zip

    cURLcanbealsousedtodownloadfilessecurelyviaSSHusingthefollowingcommand

    curluusersftp://server.domain.com/path/to/file

    Notethatyouhavetousethefullpathofthefileyouwanttodownload

    4.GetHTTPheaderinformationfromawebsite
    YoucaneasilygetHTTPheaderinformationfromanywebsiteyouwantbyaddingtheIoption(capitali)to

    cURL.

    curlIhttp://domain.com

    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

    5.AccessanFTPserver
    ToaccessyourFTPserverwithcURLusethefollowingcommand

    curlftp://ftp.domain.comuserusername:password

    https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/curlcommandexamples/ 3/4
    5/29/2017 5basiccURLcommandexamplesRoseHosting.comBlog

    cURLwillconnecttotheFTPserverandlistallfilesanddirectoriesinusershomedirectory

    YoucandownloadafileviaFTP

    curlftp://ftp.domain.com/file.zipuserusername:password

    anduploadafileottheFTPserver

    curlTfile.zipftp://ftp.domain.com/userusername:password

    YoucancheckcURLmanualpagetoseeallavailablecURLoptionsandfunctionalities

    mancurl

    https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/curlcommandexamples/ 4/4

    You might also like