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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index bd47b5a4e..55697eb93 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "5 January 2001" "Curl 7.5.2" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "9 January 2001" "Curl 7.6" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or HTTPS syntax. .SH SYNOPSIS .B curl [options] -.I url +.I [URL...] .SH DESCRIPTION .B curl -is a client to get documents/files from servers, using any of the -supported protocols. The command is designed to work without user -interaction or any kind of interactivity. +is a client to get documents/files from or send documents to a server, using +any of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP +or FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction or any kind +of interactivity. curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL (https:) connections, cookies, file @@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ It is possible to specify up to 9 sets or series for a URL, but no nesting is supported at the moment: http://www.any.org/archive[1996-1999]/volume[1-4]part{a,b,c,index}.html + +Starting with curl 7.6, you can specify any amount of URLs on the command +line. They will be fetched in a sequential manner in the specified order. .SH OPTIONS .IP "-a/--append" (FTP) @@ -316,11 +320,12 @@ or use several variables like: curl http://{site,host}.host[1-5].com -o "#1_#2" -If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used. +You may use this option as many times as you have number of URLs. .IP "-O/--remote-name" Write output to a local file named like the remote file we get. (Only the file part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off.) +You may use this option as many times as you have number of URLs. .IP "-p/--proxytunnel" When an HTTP proxy is used, this option will cause non-HTTP protocols to attempt to tunnel through the proxy instead of merely using it to do HTTP-like @@ -441,10 +446,14 @@ password is specified, curl will ask for it interactively. If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used. .IP "--url <URL>" -Set the URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you wanna specify URL -in a config file. - -If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used. +Specify a URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you wanna specify +URL(s) in a config file. + +This option may be used any number of times. To control where this URL is written, use the +.I -o +or the +.I -O +options. .IP "-v/--verbose" Makes the fetching more verbose/talkative. Mostly usable for debugging. Lines starting with '>' means data sent by curl, '<' |