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wcurl — A simple wrapper around `curl` to easily download files. See also: `wget`, `curl`. More information:

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Problem

How to use the wcurl command: A simple wrapper around curl to easily download files. See also: wget, curl. More information: <https://curl.se/wcurl/manual.html>.

Solution

wcurl — A simple wrapper around curl to easily download files. See also: wget, curl. More information: <https://curl.se/wcurl/manual.html>.

Download the contents of a URL to a file indicated by the URL (index.html in this case):
wcurl {{https://example.com/index.html}}


Download the contents of a URL to a file with a specified name:
wcurl {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}} {{https://example.com/index.html}}


Download the contents of a URL, enabling progress bar and defaulting to HTTP/2:
wcurl --curl-options "--progress-bar --http2" {{https://example.com/index.html}}


Resume from an interrupted download:
wcurl --curl-options "--clobber --continue-at -" {{https://example.com/index.html}}

Code Snippets

Download the contents of a URL to a file indicated by the URL (`index.html` in this case)

wcurl {{https://example.com/index.html}}

Download the contents of a URL to a file with a specified name

wcurl {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}} {{https://example.com/index.html}}

Download the contents of a URL, enabling progress bar and defaulting to HTTP/2

wcurl --curl-options "--progress-bar --http2" {{https://example.com/index.html}}

Resume from an interrupted download

wcurl --curl-options "--clobber --continue-at -" {{https://example.com/index.html}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/wcurl

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