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curl Cheat Sheet
Print-ready cheat sheet for curl, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use
Sample
What's in this cheat sheet
- Basic Usage
- HTTP Methods
- Headers
- Authentication
- Data & Forms
- SSL/TLS
- Output & Debugging
- Common Patterns
- Proxy & Network
- Config & Advanced
Simple Requests
curl https://example.com # GET request
curl -o file.html https://url # save to file
curl -O https://url/file.tar.gz # save with remote name
curl -L https://url # follow redirects
Common Flags
-s | Silent mode (no progress) |
-S | Show errors in silent mode |
-f | Fail silently on HTTP errors |
-L | Follow redirects |
-o file | Write output to file |
-O | Save with remote filename |
-C - | Resume interrupted download |
--max-time 30 | Timeout after 30 seconds |
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