cmdxray / one-liners / curl-O

curl -O https://example.com/file.zip

Download a file and save it under its original remote name.

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What it means

Capital -O writes the download to a local file named after the last path segment of the URL (file.zip). Lowercase -o would let you choose a different output name. Without either, curl prints the body to your terminal.

Breakdown, token by token

$ curl -O https://example.com/file.zip

  • curltransfer data to or from a URL
  • -Osave output using the remote file name
  • https://example.com/file.zipan argument passed to the command

See the full reference for curl — every flag it supports.

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