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    This document provides usage instructions and options for the curl command line tool. It lists numerous options for curl that control aspects such as: - Authentication methods like basic, digest, and NTLM authentication - Data transfer options like POST data, upload and download options, resuming transfers, and limiting transfer speeds - Security options including SSL/TLS options and proxy support

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    This document provides usage instructions and options for the curl command line tool. It lists numerous options for curl that control aspects such as: - Authentication methods like basic, digest, and NTLM authentication - Data transfer options like POST data, upload and download options, resuming transfers, and limiting transfer speeds - Security options including SSL/TLS options and proxy support

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    This document provides usage instructions and options for the curl command line tool. It lists numerous options for curl that control aspects such as: - Authentication methods like basic, digest, and NTLM authentication - Data transfer options like POST data, upload and download options, resuming transfers, and limiting transfer speeds - Security options including SSL/TLS options and proxy support

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    Curl Manual

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    This document provides usage instructions and options for the curl command line tool. It lists numerous options for curl that control aspects such as: - Authentication methods like basic, digest, and NTLM authentication - Data transfer options like POST data, upload and download options, resuming transfers, and limiting transfer speeds - Security options including SSL/TLS options and proxy support

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    Usage: curl [options...

    ] <url> Options: (H) means HTTP/HTTPS only, (F) means FTP only -a/--append Append to target file when uploading (F) -A/--user-agent <string> User-Agent to send to server (H) --anyauth Pick "any" authentication method (H) -b/--cookie <name=string/file> Cookie string or file to read cookies from (H) --basic Use HTTP Basic Authentication (H) -B/--use-ascii Use ASCII/text transfer -c/--cookie-jar <file> Write cookies to this file after operation (H) -C/--continue-at <offset> Resumed transfer offset -d/--data <data> HTTP POST data (H) --data-ascii <data> HTTP POST ASCII data (H) --data-binary <data> HTTP POST binary data (H) --negotiate --digest --disable-eprt Use HTTP Negotiate Authentication (H) Use HTTP Digest Authentication (H) Inhibit using EPRT or LPRT (F)

    --disable-epsv Inhibit using EPSV (F) -D/--dump-header <file> Write the headers to this file --egd-file <file> EGD socket path for random data (SSL) --tcp-nodelay Use the TCP_NODELAY option -e/--referer Referer URL (H) -E/--cert <cert[:passwd]> Client certificate file and password (SSL) --cert-type <type> Certificate file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL) --key <key> Private key file name (SSL) --key-type <type> Private key file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL) --pass <pass> Pass phrase for the private key (SSL) --engine <eng> Crypto engine to use (SSL). "--engine list" for list --cacert <file> CA certificate to verify peer against (SSL) --capath <directory> CA directory (made using c_rehash) to verify peer against (SSL) --ciphers <list> SSL ciphers to use (SSL) --compressed Request compressed response (using deflate or gzip) --connect-timeout <seconds> Maximum time allowed for connection --create-dirs Create necessary local directory hierarchy --crlf Convert LF to CRLF in upload -f/--fail Fail silently (no output at all) on HTTP errors (H) --ftp-account <data> Account data to send when requested by server (F) --ftp-alternative-to-user <cmd> String to replace "USER [name]" (F) --ftp-create-dirs Create the remote dirs if not present (F) --ftp-method [multicwd/nocwd/singlecwd] Control CWD usage (F) --ftp-pasv Use PASV/EPSV instead of PORT (F) --ftp-skip-pasv-ip Skip the IP address for PASV (F)

    --ftp-ssl Try SSL/TLS for the ftp transfer (F) --ftp-ssl-reqd Require SSL/TLS for the ftp transfer (F) -F/--form <name=content> Specify HTTP multipart POST data (H) --form-string <name=string> Specify HTTP multipart POST data (H) -g/--globoff Disable URL sequences and ranges using {} and [] -G/--get Send the -d data with a HTTP GET (H) -h/--help This help text -H/--header <line> Custom header to pass to server (H) --ignore-content-length Ignore the HTTP Content-Length header -i/--include Include protocol headers in the output (H/F) -I/--head Show document info only -j/--junk-session-cookies Ignore session cookies read from file (H) --interface <interface> Specify network interface/address to use --krb4 <level> Enable krb4 with specified security level (F) -k/--insecure Allow connections to SSL sites without certs (H) -K/--config Specify which config file to read -l/--list-only List only names of an FTP directory (F) --limit-rate <rate> Limit transfer speed to this rate --local-port <num>[-num] Force use of these local port numbers -L/--location Follow Location: hints (H) --location-trusted Follow Location: and send authentication even to other hostnames (H) -m/--max-time <seconds> Maximum time allowed for the transfer --max-redirs <num> Maximum number of redirects allowed (H) --max-filesize <bytes> Maximum file size to download (H/F) -M/--manual Display the full manual -n/--netrc Must read .netrc for user name and password --netrc-optional Use either .netrc or URL; overrides -n --ntlm Use HTTP NTLM authentication (H) -N/--no-buffer Disable buffering of the output stream -o/--output <file> Write output to <file> instead of stdout -O/--remote-name Write output to a file named as the remote file -p/--proxytunnel Operate through a HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT) --proxy-anyauth Pick "any" proxy authentication method (H) --proxy-basic Use Basic authentication on the proxy (H) --proxy-digest Use Digest authentication on the proxy (H) --proxy-ntlm Use NTLM authentication on the proxy (H) -P/--ftp-port <address> Use PORT with address instead of PASV (F) -q If used as the first parameter disables .curlrc -Q/--quote <cmd> Send command(s) to server before file transfer (F) -r/--range <range> Retrieve a byte range from a HTTP/1.1 or FTP server

    --random-file <file> File for reading random data from (SSL) -R/--remote-time Set the remote file's time on the local output --retry <num> Retry request <num> times if transient problems occur --retry-delay <seconds> When retrying, wait this many seconds between each --retry-max-time <seconds> Retry only within this period -s/--silent Silent mode. Don't output anything -S/--show-error Show error. With -s, make curl show errors when they occur --socks4 <host[:port]> Use SOCKS4 proxy on given host + port --socks5 <host[:port]> Use SOCKS5 proxy on given host + port --stderr <file> Where to redirect stderr. - means stdout -t/--telnet-option <OPT=val> Set telnet option --trace <file> Write a debug trace to the given file --trace-ascii <file> Like --trace but without the hex output --trace-time Add time stamps to trace/verbose output -T/--upload-file <file> Transfer <file> to remote site --url <URL> Spet URL to work with -u/--user <user[:password]> Set server user and password -U/--proxy-user <user[:password]> Set proxy user and password -v/--verbose Make the operation more talkative -V/--version Show version number and quit -w/--write-out [format] What to output after completion -x/--proxy <host[:port]> Use HTTP proxy on given port -X/--request <command> Specify request command to use -y/--speed-time Time needed to trig speed-limit abort. Defaults to 30 -Y/--speed-limit Stop transfer if below speed-limit for 'speed-time' secs -z/--time-cond <time> Transfer based on a time condition -0/--http1.0 Use HTTP 1.0 (H) -1/--tlsv1 Use TLSv1 (SSL) -2/--sslv2 Use SSLv2 (SSL) -3/--sslv3 Use SSLv3 (SSL) --3p-quote like -Q for the source URL for 3rd party transfer (F) --3p-url source URL to activate 3rd party transfer (F) --3p-user user and password for source 3rd party transfer (F) -4/--ipv4 Resolve name to IPv4 address -6/--ipv6 Resolve name to IPv6 address -#/--progress-bar Display transfer progress as a progress bar

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