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Added description on how to use the newly supported multiple -d options

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Daniel Stenberg 2000-10-27 10:52:38 +00:00
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.\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\" .\"
.TH curl 1 "26 September 2000" "Curl 7.3" "Curl Manual" .TH curl 1 "26 October 2000" "Curl 7.4.2" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or
HTTPS syntax. HTTPS syntax.
@ -93,11 +93,16 @@ HTTP resume is only possible with HTTP/1.1 or later servers.
that the data is sent exactly as specified with no extra processing (with all that the data is sent exactly as specified with no extra processing (with all
newlines cut off). The data is expected to be "url-encoded". This will cause newlines cut off). The data is expected to be "url-encoded". This will cause
curl to pass the data to the server using the content-type curl to pass the data to the server using the content-type
application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Compare to -F. application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Compare to -F. If more than one -d/--data
option is used on the same command line, the data pieces specified will be
merged together with a separating &-letter. Thus, using '-d name=daniel -d
skill=lousy' would generate a post chunk that looks like
'name=daniel&skill=lousy'.
If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a file name to If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a file name to
read the data from, or - if you want curl to read the data from stdin. read the data from, or - if you want curl to read the data from stdin. The
The contents of the file must already be url-encoded. contents of the file must already be url-encoded. Multiple files can also be
specified.
To post data purely binary, you should instead use the --data-binary option. To post data purely binary, you should instead use the --data-binary option.