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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-header b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-header index 51f45edad..a51e485ba 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-header +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-header @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ curl \- transfer a URL .B 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, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET -and TFTP). The command is designed to work without user interaction. +LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, +SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP). The command is designed to work without user +interaction. curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer @@ -46,22 +47,22 @@ The URL syntax is protocol-dependent. You'll find a detailed description in RFC 3986. You can specify multiple URLs or parts of URLs by writing part sets within -braces as in: +braces and quoting the URL as in: - http://site.{one,two,three}.com + "http://site.{one,two,three}.com" or you can get sequences of alphanumeric series by using [] as in: - ftp://ftp.example.com/file[1-100].txt + "ftp://ftp.example.com/file[1-100].txt" - ftp://ftp.example.com/file[001-100].txt (with leading zeros) + "ftp://ftp.example.com/file[001-100].txt" (with leading zeros) - ftp://ftp.example.com/file[a-z].txt + "ftp://ftp.example.com/file[a-z].txt" Nested sequences are not supported, but you can use several ones next to each other: - http://example.com/archive[1996-1999]/vol[1-4]/part{a,b,c}.html + "http://example.com/archive[1996-1999]/vol[1-4]/part{a,b,c}.html" You can specify any amount of URLs on the command line. They will be fetched in a sequential manner in the specified order. You can specify command line @@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ options and URLs mixed and in any order on the command line. You can specify a step counter for the ranges to get every Nth number or letter: - http://example.com/file[1-100:10].txt + "http://example.com/file[1-100:10].txt" - http://example.com/file[a-z:2].txt + "http://example.com/file[a-z:2].txt" When using [] or {} sequences when invoked from a command line prompt, you probably have to put the full URL within double quotes to avoid the shell from @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ for example '&', '?' and '*'. Provide the IPv6 zone index in the URL with an escaped percentage sign and the interface name. Like in - http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/ + "http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/" If you specify URL without protocol:// prefix, curl will attempt to guess what protocol you might want. It will then default to HTTP but try other protocols @@ -98,6 +99,55 @@ getting many files from the same server will not do multiple connects / handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl invokes. +.SH PROTOCOLS +curl supports numerous protocols, or put in URL terms: schemes. Your +particular build may not support them all. +.IP DICT +Lets you lookup words using online dictionaries. +.IP FILE +Read or write local files. curl does not support accessing file:// URL +remotely, but when running on Microsft Windows using the native UNC approach +will work. +.IP FTP(S) +curl supports the File Transfer Protocol with a lot of tweaks and levers. With +or without using TLS. +.IP GOPHER +Retrieve files. +.IP HTTP(S) +curl supports HTTP with numerous options and variations. It can speak HTTP +version 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 2 and 3 depending on build options and the correct +command line options. +.IP IMAP(S) +Using the mail reading protocol, curl can "download" emails for you. With or +without using TLS. +.IP LDAP(S) +curl can do directory lookups for you, with or without TLS. +.IP MQTT +curl supports MQTT version 3. Downloading over MQTT equals "subscribe" to a +topic while uploading/posting equals "publish" on a topic. MQTT support is +experimental and TLS based MQTT is not supported (yet). +.IP POP3(S) +Downloading from a pop3 server means getting a mail. With or without using +TLS. +.IP RTMP(S) +The Realtime Messaging Protocol is primarily used to server streaming media +and curl can download it. +.IP RTSP +curl supports RTSP 1.0 downloads. +.IP SCP +curl supports SSH version 2 scp transfers. +.IP SFTP +curl supports SFTP (draft 5) done over SSH version 2. +.IP SMB(S) +curl supports SMB version 1 for upload and download. +.IP SMTP(S) +Uploading contents to an SMTP server means sending an email. With or without +TLS. +.IP TELNET +Telling curl to fetch a telnet URL starts an interactive session where it +sends what it reads on stdin and outputs what the server sends it. +.IP TFTP +curl can do TFTP downloads and uploads. .SH "PROGRESS METER" curl normally displays a progress meter during operations, indicating the amount of transferred data, transfer speeds and estimated time left, etc. The |