Is there a way to give a specific file name when saving a file via cURL?

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iveytron picture iveytron · Mar 16, 2012 · Viewed 88.6k times · Source

I am pulling files using curl in the mac OS X terminal and want to give them different names. Is there a way to specify a name, such as a "save as" function when using curl?

Answer

simonnordberg picture simonnordberg · Mar 16, 2012

Either use the -o option or its alias --output, or redirect shell output to the file of choice by using >.

curl -o /path/to/local/file http://url.com
curl http://url.com > /path/to/local/file

If you want to preserve the original file name from the remote server, use the -O option or its alias --remote-name. 

curl -O http://url.com/file.html

Stores the output from the remote location in the current directory as file.html.

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