CURL command details, curl command

CURL command details, curl command

The curl command is a powerful network tool that can download and upload files through http or ftp. Among them, curl is far more than these functions. You can read the manual to get more information. Similar Tools include wget.

The curl command is implemented using the libcurl library. The libcurl library is often used in C Programs to process http requests. curlpp is a c ++ encapsulation of libcurl, which can be used to capture pages, network Monitoring and other aspects of development, and curl commands can help solve problems encountered in the development process.

1. Common Parameters

There are many curl command parameters. Here we only list common parameters, especially those used in shell.

1.1-o and-O parameters Save the downloaded file to the specified file

• Capture the page to a file
  

  [Root @ xi mytest] # curl-o home.html http://www.baidu.com-capture the first page to home.html

• -O (uppercase) is used, and the following url must be specific to a file.
  

  [Root @ xi mytest] # curl-O http://www.baidu.com/img/bdlogo.gif