Command-line tool

curl

brew/curl

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Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or FTP server

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id cURL.cURL -e
scoop install curl

macOS

brew install curl

Linux

brew install curl

Make an HTTP GET request and dump the contents in `stdout`

curl https://example.com

Make an HTTP GET request, follow any `3xx` redirects, and dump the reply headers and contents to `stdout`

curl -L -D - https://example.com

Download a file, saving the output under the filename indicated by the URL

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

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