curl — Handy Examples

Download Files

# Download a file and save with original filename
curl -O http://example.com/file.txt

# Download a file with specific name
curl -o filename.ext http://example.com/file.txt

# Download and limit speed
curl --limit-rate 100K -O http://example.com/largefile.zip

# Resume interrupted download
curl -C - -O http://example.com/largefile.zip

# Download multiple files
curl -O http://example.com/file1.txt -O http://example.com/file2.txt