--- curl version 3 Mon Jul 09 08:36:10 +0000 2007 +++ curl version 4 Sat Jul 21 17:31:14 +0000 2007 @@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ Command line internet/network loader tool and ajax test tool. Read the contents of a URL, dump the results to the stdout. Basic USE: curl [options] [URL...] To see if a site is alive, just get the headers: curl --head www.yahoo.com A live response returns status, cookies, content length, etc. +To send custom headers (anything you want!) use: curl --header "User-Agent: +something-special" google.com + To return the entire page: curl www.google.com The view the man page: curl --manual | less To retrieve data with POST: curl -d "name=dpw" www.google.com Related programs: wget
cheat sheets.
$ cheat curl( add new | see all )
- updated sheets

- shoulda
- capistrano
- rpm
- string
- sqld4r
- cheat_el
- cheat
- magit
- to_i
- bm
- rails_date_formats
- sequel
- dexagogo_form_validation
- git
- git_remote_branch
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