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--no-epsv | ||
--ntlm | ||
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--parallel | ||
--parallel-immediate | ||
--parallel-max | ||
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# Download to a file named by the URL | ||
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Many URLs, however, already contain the filename part in the rightmost | ||
end. curl lets you use that as a shortcut so you do not have to repeat it with | ||
Many URLs, however, already contain the filename part in the rightmost end. | ||
curl lets you use that as a shortcut so you do not have to repeat it with | ||
`-o`. Instead of: | ||
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curl -o file.html http://example.com/file.html | ||
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You can save the remote URL resource into the local file 'file.html' with this: | ||
You can save the remote URL resource into the local file 'file.html' with | ||
this: | ||
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curl -O http://example.com/file.html | ||
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This is the `-O` (uppercase letter o) option, or `--remote-name` for the long | ||
name version. The -O option selects the local filename to use by picking the | ||
name version. The `-O` option selects the local filename to use by picking the | ||
filename part of the URL that you provide. This is important. You specify the | ||
URL and curl picks the name from this data. If the site redirects curl further | ||
(and if you tell curl to follow redirects), it does not change the filename | ||
curl uses for storing this. | ||
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## Store in another directory | ||
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When the correct filename to use has been selected as explained above, you can | ||
still change the directory in which that file will be saved by using | ||
`--output-dir`. It is especially useful in combination with `-O` of course, as | ||
that option otherwise implies saving the file in the current directory. | ||
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To save the new file in the `/tmp` directory using a filename taken from the | ||
URL: | ||
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curl -O --output-dir /tmp http://example.com/file.html | ||
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## Use the URL's filename part for all URLs | ||
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As a reaction to adding a hundred `-O` options when using a hundred URLs, we | ||
introduced an option called `--remote-name-all`. This makes `-O` the default | ||
operation for all given URLs. You can still provide individual "storage | ||
instructions" for URLs but if you leave one out for a URL that gets | ||
downloaded, the default action is then switched from stdout to -O style. | ||
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