curl/docs/cmdline-opts/url.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: url Arg: Help: URL to work with Category: curl Added: 7.5 Multi: append See-also:

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• config Example:
• --url $URL ---

--url

Specify a URL to fetch or send data to.

If the given URL is missing a scheme (such as http:// or ftp:// etc) curl guesses which scheme to use based on the hostname. If the outermost subdomain name matches DICT, FTP, IMAP, LDAP, POP3 or SMTP case insensitively, then that protocol is used, otherwise it assumes HTTP. Scheme guessing can be avoided by providing a full URL including the scheme, or disabled by setting a default protocol, see --proto-default for details.

To control where the contents of a retrieved URL is written instead of the default stdout, use the --output or the --remote-name options. When retrieving multiple URLs in a single invoke, each provided URL needs its own dedicated destination option unless --remote-name-all is used.

On Windows, file:// accesses can be converted to network accesses by the operating system.