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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/header.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/header.d
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@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
Long: header
Short: H
-Arg: <header>
-Help: Pass custom header LINE to server
+Arg: <header/@file>
+Help: Pass custom header(s) to server
Protocols: HTTP
---
-
Extra header to include in the request when sending HTTP to a server. You may
specify any number of extra headers. Note that if you should add a custom
header that has the same name as one of the internal ones curl would use, your
@@ -21,6 +20,10 @@ end-of-line marker, you should thus \fBnot\fP add that as a part of the header
content: do not add newlines or carriage returns, they will only mess things up
for you.
+Starting in 7.55.0, this option can take an argument in @filename style, which
+then adds a header for each line in the input file. Using @- will make curl
+read the header file from stdin.
+
See also the --user-agent and --referer options.
Starting in 7.37.0, you need --proxy-header to send custom headers intended