curl is a command line tool used to transfer data from or to a server using various protocols. It allows sending HTTP requests and receiving HTTP responses, including reading response headers and content. curl is useful for web developers to test HTTP requests and debug communications between servers and clients. It has options to set request headers, send POST data, handle cookies, perform authentication, and more.
2. curl
- transfer a URL
• curl is a tool to transfer data from
or to a server, using one of the
supported protocols (DICT, FILE,
FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP,
HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP,
LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP,
SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET
and TFTP).
2011-09-12( )