curl/docs/cmdline-opts/form-string.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: form-string Help: Specify multipart MIME data Protocols: HTTP SMTP IMAP Arg: Category: http upload Added: 7.13.2 Multi: append See-also:

• form Example:
• --form-string "name=data" $URL ---

--form-string

Similar to --form except that the value string for the named parameter is used literally. Leading @ and < characters, and the ;type= string in the value have no special meaning. Use this in preference to --form if there is any possibility that the string value may accidentally trigger the @ or < features of --form.