curl.1: mention quoting in the URL section
and separate the example URLs with newlines
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@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ braces as in:
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or you can get sequences of alphanumeric series by using [] as in:
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or you can get sequences of alphanumeric series by using [] as in:
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ftp://ftp.numericals.com/file[1-100].txt
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ftp://ftp.numericals.com/file[1-100].txt
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ftp://ftp.numericals.com/file[001-100].txt (with leading zeros)
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ftp://ftp.numericals.com/file[001-100].txt (with leading zeros)
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ftp://ftp.letters.com/file[a-z].txt
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ftp://ftp.letters.com/file[a-z].txt
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Nested sequences are not supported, but you can use several ones next to each
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Nested sequences are not supported, but you can use several ones next to each
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@ -68,8 +70,14 @@ You can specify a step counter for the ranges to get every Nth number or
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letter:
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letter:
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http://www.numericals.com/file[1-100:10].txt
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http://www.numericals.com/file[1-100:10].txt
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http://www.letters.com/file[a-z:2].txt
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http://www.letters.com/file[a-z:2].txt
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When using [] or {} sequences when invoked from a command line prompt, you
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probably have to put the full URL within double quotes to avoid the shell from
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interfering with it. This also goes for other characters treated special, like
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for example '&', '?' and '*'.
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If you specify URL without protocol:// prefix, curl will attempt to guess what
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If you specify URL without protocol:// prefix, curl will attempt to guess what
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protocol you might want. It will then default to HTTP but try other protocols
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protocol you might want. It will then default to HTTP but try other protocols
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based on often-used host name prefixes. For example, for host names starting
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based on often-used host name prefixes. For example, for host names starting
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