Curl command file utility supports for downloading and uploading files. Curl is useful for many works with system administration, web development for calling web services, etc. In this tutorial we are providing 5 curl frequently used commands to download files from remote servers.
1. Curl Command to Download File
To simply download a file using curl use following syntax. -O is used for saving file on the local system with the same name on the remote system.
curl -O http://example.com/download/myfile.zip
2. Curl Download and Save with Other Name
If you want to save file with different name on local system, Use -o with new file name.
curl -o localname.zip http://example.com/download/myfile.zip
3. Curl to Download Multiple Files
Curl also provides an option to download multiple files simultaneously. To download multiple file use following syntax. All files will be saves with original file names.
curl -O http://example.com/myfile.zip -O http://example.com/myfile2.zip
4. Use Login Credential with Curl Download
In case files are behind authenticated http or ftp server. You can pass login credentials using -u command line parameter like below examples.
curl -u user:password -O http://example.com/myfile.zipcurl -u ftpuser:ftppassword -O ftp://ftp.example.com/myfile.zip
5. Curl Download File via Proxy
If server file is only available through a proxy server, or you want to use a proxy for downloading files, Use -x followed by proxy address and port to download the file via a proxy server.
curl -x "my.proxy.com:3128" -O http://example.net/myfile.zip
Conclusion
This tutorial 5 examples of curl command for downloading files from remote server.
5 Comments
how to download file to different directory using curl.
Use -o with curl command to save file in other directory. Like:
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Hi ,
/usr/bin/curl”,”-k”,”-u”,userName+”:”+password,”\””+hostIP+”\””,”-o” ,csvDownloadPath+”ggggg.csv”
I am using this command , where i am doing wrong, we are not getting any error in logs, running this command in java ,on linux server.
try{
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(“/usr/bin/curl”,”-k”,”-u”,userName+”:”+password,”\””+hostIP+”\””,”-o” ,csvDownloadPath+”ggggg.csv”);
Process p = pb.start();
InputStream is = p.getInputStream();
System.out.println(“command running “);
}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println(“command running through “);
Actually running this…
plz guide me , Thanks In advance