curl -L https://example.com | funzip > data.txt # OR for full archives curl -L https://example.com -o temp.zip && unzip temp.zip && rm temp.zip Use code with caution. 7. Downloading Multiple ZIPs
100%... Done.
When the progress bar finally hit 100%, the file on his desktop was a monstrous 4.5 gigabytes. A zip file. For a library that should have been a few megabytes. curl download zip
He let it run. 40%. The file on disk was now 1.2 gigabytes.
The screen filled with HTML code. <html><body><h1>404 Not Found</h1>... curl -L https://example
Usually, this was the boring part. But Elias watched the file size. The terminal indicated the file was 50 megabytes. Yet, as the download crept past 20%, the file on his hard drive was already sitting at 300 MB and growing.
If you don't want to hog all the bandwidth, use --limit-rate 500k to cap the speed. Summary Cheat Sheet Simple Download curl -O [URL] Rename File curl -o [newname.zip] [URL] Follow Redirects curl -LO [URL] Resume Download curl -C - -O [URL] Silent/Script Mode curl -sLO [URL] For a library that should have been a few megabytes
curl -O http://archive.uni-old.edu/~dev/pixelcore.zip