{"id":8985,"date":"2023-10-22T22:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linuxandotherstuff.com\/?p=8985"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:13:29","slug":"download-a-file-with-curl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/download-a-file-with-curl\/","title":{"rendered":"Download a file with curl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Often we use wget but here we are going to use curl to download a file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we download the file &#8220;konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo&#8221; to the directory \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The -o is where  to out put<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ncurl -o \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo https:\/\/copr.fedorainfracloud.org\/coprs\/konimex\/neofetch\/repo\/epel-7\/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Curl help<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n curl -h\nUsage: curl &#x5B;options...] &lt;url&gt;\nOptions: (H) means HTTP\/HTTPS only, (F) means FTP only\n     --anyauth       Pick &quot;any&quot; authentication method (H)\n -a, --append        Append to target file when uploading (F\/SFTP)\n     --basic         Use HTTP Basic Authentication (H)\n     --cacert FILE   CA certificate to verify peer against (SSL)\n     --capath DIR    CA directory to verify peer against (SSL)\n -E, --cert CERT&#x5B;:PASSWD] Client certificate file and password (SSL)\n     --cert-type TYPE Certificate file type (DER\/PEM\/ENG) (SSL)\n     --ciphers LIST  SSL ciphers to use (SSL)\n     --compressed    Request compressed response (using deflate or gzip)\n -K, --config FILE   Specify which config file to read\n     --connect-timeout SECONDS  Maximum time allowed for connection\n -C, --continue-at OFFSET  Resumed transfer offset\n -b, --cookie STRING\/FILE  String or file to read cookies from (H)\n -c, --cookie-jar FILE  Write cookies to this file after operation (H)\n     --create-dirs   Create necessary local directory hierarchy\n     --crlf          Convert LF to CRLF in upload\n     --crlfile FILE  Get a CRL list in PEM format from the given file\n -d, --data DATA     HTTP POST data (H)\n     --data-ascii DATA  HTTP POST ASCII data (H)\n     --data-binary DATA  HTTP POST binary data (H)\n     --data-urlencode DATA  HTTP POST data url encoded (H)\n     --delegation STRING GSS-API delegation permission\n     --digest        Use HTTP Digest Authentication (H)\n     --disable-eprt  Inhibit using EPRT or LPRT (F)\n     --disable-epsv  Inhibit using EPSV (F)\n -D, --dump-header FILE  Write the headers to this file\n     --egd-file FILE  EGD socket path for random data (SSL)\n     --engine ENGINGE  Crypto engine (SSL). &quot;--engine list&quot; for list\n -f, --fail          Fail silently (no output at all) on HTTP errors (H)\n -F, --form CONTENT  Specify HTTP multipart POST data (H)\n     --form-string STRING  Specify HTTP multipart POST data (H)\n     --ftp-account DATA  Account data string (F)\n     --ftp-alternative-to-user COMMAND  String to replace &quot;USER &#x5B;name]&quot; (F)\n     --ftp-create-dirs  Create the remote dirs if not present (F)\n     --ftp-method &#x5B;MULTICWD\/NOCWD\/SINGLECWD] Control CWD usage (F)\n     --ftp-pasv      Use PASV\/EPSV instead of PORT (F)\n -P, --ftp-port ADR  Use PORT with given address instead of PASV (F)\n     --ftp-skip-pasv-ip Skip the IP address for PASV (F)\n     --ftp-pret      Send PRET before PASV (for drftpd) (F)\n     --ftp-ssl-ccc   Send CCC after authenticating (F)\n     --ftp-ssl-ccc-mode ACTIVE\/PASSIVE  Set CCC mode (F)\n     --ftp-ssl-control Require SSL\/TLS for ftp login, clear for transfer (F)\n -G, --get           Send the -d data with a HTTP GET (H)\n -g, --globoff       Disable URL sequences and ranges using {} and &#x5B;]\n -H, --header LINE   Custom header to pass to server (H)\n -I, --head          Show document info only\n -h, --help          This help text\n     --hostpubmd5 MD5  Hex encoded MD5 string of the host public key. (SSH)\n -0, --http1.0       Use HTTP 1.0 (H)\n     --ignore-content-length  Ignore the HTTP Content-Length header\n -i, --include       Include protocol headers in the output (H\/F)\n -k, --insecure      Allow connections to SSL sites without certs (H)\n     --interface INTERFACE  Specify network interface\/address to use\n -4, --ipv4          Resolve name to IPv4 address\n -6, --ipv6          Resolve name to IPv6 address\n -j, --junk-session-cookies Ignore session cookies read from file (H)\n     --keepalive-time SECONDS  Interval between keepalive probes\n     --key KEY       Private key file name (SSL\/SSH)\n     --key-type TYPE Private key file type (DER\/PEM\/ENG) (SSL)\n     --krb LEVEL     Enable Kerberos with specified security level (F)\n     --libcurl FILE  Dump libcurl equivalent code of this command line\n     --limit-rate RATE  Limit transfer speed to this rate\n -l, --list-only     List only names of an FTP directory (F)\n     --local-port RANGE  Force use of these local port numbers\n -L, --location      Follow redirects (H)\n     --location-trusted like --location and send auth to other hosts (H)\n -M, --manual        Display the full manual\n     --mail-from FROM  Mail from this address\n     --mail-rcpt TO  Mail to this receiver(s)\n     --mail-auth AUTH  Originator address of the original email\n     --max-filesize BYTES  Maximum file size to download (H\/F)\n     --max-redirs NUM  Maximum number of redirects allowed (H)\n -m, --max-time SECONDS  Maximum time allowed for the transfer\n     --metalink      Process given URLs as metalink XML file\n     --negotiate     Use HTTP Negotiate Authentication (H)\n -n, --netrc         Must read .netrc for user name and password\n     --netrc-optional Use either .netrc or URL; overrides -n\n     --netrc-file FILE  Set up the netrc filename to use\n -N, --no-buffer     Disable buffering of the output stream\n     --no-keepalive  Disable keepalive use on the connection\n     --no-sessionid  Disable SSL session-ID reusing (SSL)\n     --noproxy       List of hosts which do not use proxy\n     --ntlm          Use HTTP NTLM authentication (H)\n -o, --output FILE   Write output to &lt;file&gt; instead of stdout\n     --pass PASS     Pass phrase for the private key (SSL\/SSH)\n     --post301       Do not switch to GET after following a 301 redirect (H)\n     --post302       Do not switch to GET after following a 302 redirect (H)\n     --post303       Do not switch to GET after following a 303 redirect (H)\n -#, --progress-bar  Display transfer progress as a progress bar\n     --proto PROTOCOLS  Enable\/disable specified protocols\n     --proto-redir PROTOCOLS  Enable\/disable specified protocols on redirect\n -x, --proxy &#x5B;PROTOCOL:\/\/]HOST&#x5B;:PORT] Use proxy on given port\n     --proxy-anyauth Pick &quot;any&quot; proxy authentication method (H)\n     --proxy-basic   Use Basic authentication on the proxy (H)\n     --proxy-digest  Use Digest authentication on the proxy (H)\n     --proxy-negotiate Use Negotiate authentication on the proxy (H)\n     --proxy-ntlm    Use NTLM authentication on the proxy (H)\n -U, --proxy-user USER&#x5B;:PASSWORD]  Proxy user and password\n     --proxy1.0 HOST&#x5B;:PORT]  Use HTTP\/1.0 proxy on given port\n -p, --proxytunnel   Operate through a HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)\n     --pubkey KEY    Public key file name (SSH)\n -Q, --quote CMD     Send command(s) to server before transfer (F\/SFTP)\n     --random-file FILE  File for reading random data from (SSL)\n -r, --range RANGE   Retrieve only the bytes within a range\n     --raw           Do HTTP &quot;raw&quot;, without any transfer decoding (H)\n -e, --referer       Referer URL (H)\n -J, --remote-header-name Use the header-provided filename (H)\n -O, --remote-name   Write output to a file named as the remote file\n     --remote-name-all Use the remote file name for all URLs\n -R, --remote-time   Set the remote file&#039;s time on the local output\n -X, --request COMMAND  Specify request command to use\n     --resolve HOST:PORT:ADDRESS  Force resolve of HOST:PORT to ADDRESS\n     --retry NUM   Retry request NUM times if transient problems occur\n     --retry-delay SECONDS When retrying, wait this many seconds between each\n     --retry-max-time SECONDS  Retry only within this period\n -S, --show-error    Show error. With -s, make curl show errors when they occur\n -s, --silent        Silent mode. Don&#039;t output anything\n     --socks4 HOST&#x5B;:PORT]  SOCKS4 proxy on given host + port\n     --socks4a HOST&#x5B;:PORT]  SOCKS4a proxy on given host + port\n     --socks5 HOST&#x5B;:PORT]  SOCKS5 proxy on given host + port\n     --socks5-basic  Enable username\/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies\n     --socks5-gssapi Enable GSS-API auth for SOCKS5 proxies\n     --socks5-hostname HOST&#x5B;:PORT] SOCKS5 proxy, pass host name to proxy\n     --socks5-gssapi-service NAME  SOCKS5 proxy service name for gssapi\n     --socks5-gssapi-nec  Compatibility with NEC SOCKS5 server\n -Y, --speed-limit RATE  Stop transfers below speed-limit for &#039;speed-time&#039; secs\n -y, --speed-time SECONDS  Time for trig speed-limit abort. Defaults to 30\n     --ssl           Try SSL\/TLS (FTP, IMAP, POP3, SMTP)\n     --ssl-reqd      Require SSL\/TLS (FTP, IMAP, POP3, SMTP)\n -2, --sslv2         Use SSLv2 (SSL)\n -3, --sslv3         Use SSLv3 (SSL)\n     --ssl-allow-beast Allow security flaw to improve interop (SSL)\n     --stderr FILE   Where to redirect stderr. - means stdout\n     --tcp-nodelay   Use the TCP_NODELAY option\n -t, --telnet-option OPT=VAL  Set telnet option\n     --tftp-blksize VALUE  Set TFTP BLKSIZE option (must be &gt;512)\n -z, --time-cond TIME  Transfer based on a time condition\n -1, --tlsv1         Use =&gt; TLSv1 (SSL)\n     --tlsv1.0       Use TLSv1.0 (SSL)\n     --tlsv1.1       Use TLSv1.1 (SSL)\n     --tlsv1.2       Use TLSv1.2 (SSL)\n     --tlsv1.3       Use TLSv1.3 (SSL)\n     --tls-max VERSION  Use TLS up to VERSION (SSL)\n     --trace FILE    Write a debug trace to the given file\n     --trace-ascii FILE  Like --trace but without the hex output\n     --trace-time    Add time stamps to trace\/verbose output\n     --tr-encoding   Request compressed transfer encoding (H)\n -T, --upload-file FILE  Transfer FILE to destination\n     --url URL       URL to work with\n -B, --use-ascii     Use ASCII\/text transfer\n -u, --user USER&#x5B;:PASSWORD]  Server user and password\n     --tlsuser USER  TLS username\n     --tlspassword STRING TLS password\n     --tlsauthtype STRING  TLS authentication type (default SRP)\n     --unix-socket FILE    Connect through this UNIX domain socket\n -A, --user-agent STRING  User-Agent to send to server (H)\n -v, --verbose       Make the operation more talkative\n -V, --version       Show version number and quit\n -w, --write-out FORMAT  What to output after completion\n     --xattr        Store metadata in extended file attributes\n -q                 If used as the first parameter disables .curlrc\n\n<\/pre><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often we use wget but here we are going to use curl to download a file Here we download the file &#8220;konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo&#8221; to the directory \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo The -o is where to out put Curl help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8986,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8985\/revisions\/8986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}