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curl Cheat Sheet

Print-ready cheat sheet for curl, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use

Source: curl Documentation (curl.se/docs)
License: MIT
Variants: 3 download options
Updated: 2026-03-27

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What's in this cheat sheet

Simple Requests

curl https://example.com          # GET request
curl -o file.html https://url     # save to file
curl -O https://url/file.tar.gz   # save with remote name
curl -L https://url               # follow redirects

Common Flags

`-s`	Silent mode (no progress)
`-S`	Show errors in silent mode
`-f`	Fail silently on HTTP errors
`-L`	Follow redirects
`-o file`	Write output to file
`-O`	Save with remote filename
`-C -`	Resume interrupted download
`--max-time 30`	Timeout after 30 seconds

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