curl

Transfer data from or to a server

command Networking File Transfer Utilities Scripting API Testing

Overview

A command-line tool for getting or sending data using URL syntax. Supports a wide range of protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, etc.

Syntax

curl [options / URLs]

Examples

$ curl https://api.example.com/data

Fetch data from an API endpoint.

$ curl -O https://example.com/file.zip

Download a file and save it with its original name.

cat

Concatenate and display file content

grep

Print lines matching a pattern

find

Search for files in a directory hierarchy

awk

Pattern scanning and processing language

sed

Stream editor for filtering and transforming text

wc

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

curltransferdataurlhttphttpsapidownloaduploadweb

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