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wget - How do I download webpages based on URL Pattern?

Consider a website www.music.com with the following directory structure: /piano /covers /Chopin apple.html bannan.js balloon.html index.html /Franz Liszt ...
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Rotate IPv6 for curl commands?

I have a bash script that needs to run curl several thousand times against different URLs. Each time curl is run, I want to use a random IPv6 address from the /64 that's assigned to my VPS. I read ...
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How to find out how is curl getting its proxy

I have a SUSE Linus and when I run curl it is using a proxy (without any proxy-related parameters passed). Where can I find the proxy configuration? I checked the http_proxy/https_proxy environment ...
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How to ignore the cookie path when using `cURL` request

I have two web-services https://localhost/svc/auth which I call first with Authorization headers and I get a cookie https://localhost/svc/catalog/1234 which I call by providing the cookie ...
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yaourt - curl error

I have problem while trying to perform yaourt -Syua After Synchronizing package databases I've got this curl error: Couldn't connect to server I've tried disabling ipv6 in grub, adding aur....
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Getting empty data while reading text file and send read data to url by cURL in linux

I have text file called read_data.txt in /var/www/html/ directory. I want to read data by curl while file contents will change. So I have created a bash script. It is reading data while the content is ...
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Does the unix Curl command cache pages?

I was using TOR and used an API called ipify. (https://api.ipify.org). I tried running the command curl 'https://api.ipify.org?format=json' 2>&1 | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+' while connected ...
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Variable blank when used in if statement but not echo

I'm trying to save value from a curl command to a variable in a bash script. Script looks like this #!/bin/bash curr=$(pwd) IP_addr="192.168.0.102" username="root" password="pass" HTTP_STATUS=$(...
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Run time for curl command

I have a file of domain names (~9000 urls). I am trying to determine the time taken to execute a successful curl request for all the urls. #!/bin/bash #read lines from file. while read -r line || [...
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Extract contents of jar file to curl using scp

I have a jar file containing a javadoc tree on one box. I need to transfer it to another box and unpack the jar in a specific directory (which may not exist). I have the username/password of the ...
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Evaluate command stored in Environment variable [duplicate]

A bash script I have limited or no ability to modify is using an environment variable like: "${SERVER_ADDRESS}" The actual SERVER_ADDRESS value can only be determined dynamically at runtime so I ...
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S3 head object but signature does not match

I want to use curl to head objects in s3. code: s3key=xxxxx... (s3 key) s3skey=xxxxxx...(secret key) bucket=xxx file=/xx.txt date=$(date +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %z") string="HEAD\n\n\n$date\n/$bucket$file"...
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Convert cURL multi-line output to single, semi-colon-separated line

I'm using curl -s -I -L example.com | grep 'HTTP\|Location' to track re-directs of a given URL which gives multi-line output. $ curl -s -I -L google.com | grep 'HTTP\|Location' HTTP/1.1 301 Moved ...
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using curl and shell script to restart apache

Iam want to restart the apache server, when its down.Hence i wrote like script below using curl and some if loop curl example.com si='curl example.com' if test si !=0 then service apache2 restart fi ~...
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Can I make curl or wget restart if disconnected?

I'd like to download a file through curl - the problem is that my connection is very slow, and by unknown means, stops receiving data after ~180 kilobytes. Unless there's a better method to fix it, I'...
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CuRL command is not giving output as Url is not responding

when url is not responding curl command does not give any output/error because of this script does not move to next line. command: /usr/bin/curl --silent --ntlm --user 'username' --url http://server....
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Cron running tasks at second 26?

I've many vps with the same cron task sending data with curl every minute, e.g. date command output. So I'm receiving datetime from every vps and I just realized that one of them is running the cron ...
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Curl website hidden behind loading screen

Some websites (example) have a "loading" screen display before they show you their actual content. If I curl the site, I get this loading screen rather than the content which I want. How can a bash ...
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upload x bytes using ftp/http

Is it possible to upload a specific number of bytes (binary data) to http/ftp server using linux command?
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How to POST 'shell output' as JSON data with Curl

I got the following command: curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST -d '{"host": "'$(hostname)'"}' http://sitename.com/update.php Which works as expected, but if I try to send uptime ...
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php: compiling with openssl, ftp, ldap, curl support in debian gnu/linux

I'm trying to compile php 5.2.x in debian gnu/linux: ./configure --with-ldap --enable-ftp --with-apxs2 --with-mcrypt --enable-bcmath --with-bz2 --enable-calendar --enable-dba=shared --enable-exif ...
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curl, wget do not return anything

I am trying this curl -I zomato.com | head -n 1 and I am not getting any response. % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 ...
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curl download works fine but wget fails using ssl

When I try to download a file using curl command, the file is downloaded successfully: curl -O https://domain/file --capath /etc/ssl/certs/ % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time ...
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Curl - Argument list too long

My Question is similar to cUrl : Argument list too long I am sending the following command to CURL from unix shell script var=$(base64 sample.pdf | perl -pe 's/\n//g') var1=$(curl -XPUT 'http://...
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Linux TCP stack not forwarding data to my application

I am using curl to send a HTTP request but curl app is not receiving response. I tried to debug it using tcpdump and found that remote server is responding with data (HTTP 302 Found) but my curl ...
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cURL and wget cannot resolve hosts, but apt-get works

I've installed Ubuntu server 16.04 in a VirtualBox. If I try to install software with apt-get it works fine, but curl test.de or wget get.typo3.org/8.4.0 shows me that the host could not be resolved. ...
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curl -L not working on openSUSE Issue with Certificate

For some strange reason I can't execute curl -L https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc/archive/v1.8.1.tar.gz. I need it for some package installation of Blosc that utilizes curl. I get the error: curl: (...
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Pipe the result of a cut command to curl

I have a csv file that contains 3 fields per line. firstname,lastname,url I'm trying to access the url via the following pipeline: grep theName file.csv | cut -d, -f 3 then I want to add another ...
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Log Curl Output

I am trying to log my curl output which looks as following: (which are randomly produced every 10th sec) <RTW> <RESULT>{ "Result": { "something1": 707, "something2": { "array": ["95", "...
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some characters show after put objects on amazon s3

I use libcurl to put objects on amazon s3 service. Here is my original contents in a.txt: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ...
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Why won't curl download this link when a browser will?

I am running Mac OS 10.11.6 El Capitan. There is a link I would like to download programmatically: https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.16-osx10.11-x86_64.dmg If I paste this URL ...
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How to grab the head section of a website using the curl and grep command?

I'm taking my Linux+ midterm and I'm stuck on a question where I'm supposed to copy the head section including the tags and output it to a file. My midterm is due on the 5th so it would really help if ...
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CURL Operation failed

I want to make this upload to my server: curl -u ****:**** -T - sftp://*****.com:22/apps/jboss-5.1.0/server/fab_server/deploy -v -k The problem is that I'm getting this error: % Total % ...
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What's the difference between using netcat (nc) and curl for HTTP requests?

I'm using curl to request a specific URL and getting 200 OK response: curl -v www.youtypeitwepostit.com * About to connect() to www.youtypeitwepostit.com port 80 (#0) * Trying 54.197.246.21... * ...
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Match a number with fixed digits while scraping web content

I'm trying to parse a source web pages, trying to find all href similar to this: href='http://example.org/index.php?showtopic=509480 where the number after showtopic= is random (and with 6 fixed ...
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compiling curl with openssl giving wrong openssl version

I have found various answers on this, but I can't get anything that works for me. I am trying to compile curl with nghttp2 on my CentOS server. I have compiled it all ok, but my problem is that curl -...
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Long Delay Before Curl Download [closed]

I have a bash script that checks to see if a file exists in a web directory. If the file doesn't exist, it simply quits. If the file does exist in the web directory, it downloads it. The script works ...
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Upgrading curl but 'openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss' appears to be outdated

My webserver is running a Magento 1.8.1.0 that uses php-curl under the hood. It runs openSUSE 12.3 and: PHP 5.3.17 Apache 2.2.29 mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.33 OpenSSL 1.0.1j The curl version ...
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“unable to get local issuer certificate” and “tlsv1 unrecognized name”

I am having a problem with the Paypal IPN postback verification. The problem came up a month ago, I believe when Paypal updated their security standards and their certificates. My website is running ...
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Piping multiple inputs into Ghostscript

I am trying to create a one-line Linux command to combine two PDF files - which are downloaded from a URL - using Ghostscript. However, I do not want to create any temporary files (everything should ...
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gnome software not working on fedora 24

Gnome software on fedora 24 is not working. It shows Detailed errors from the package manager follow: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-...
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Uploading multiple files via ftp using curl

I'm trying to upload all the text files within the current folder via FTP to a server location using CURL. I tried the following line: curl -T "{file1.txt, file2.txt}" ftp://XXX --user YYY where ...
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Parsing HTML with cURL POST

I'm sending POST request to some link with valid username and password. I use this command: curl -X POST -F '[email protected]' -F 'password=123' http://my.site.com/login but it got Moved ...
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How to download an ISO and directly create a bootable USB

How can I transfer an .iso file to an USB in parallel to the download of this file so that downloaded data gets directly on my USB without passing through my hard drive.
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Storing the html page of the redirected page using curl after submitting the form details

I am using curl for sending the form details and I want to store the redirected page in the file. But the html code of the home page gets stored rather than the redirected page. curl -X POST -d "...
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Docker file fail to cd into a directory

Using this this Dockerfile , line 21 gives the error: /bin/sh: 1: cd: can't cd to /home/meteorapp/meteorapp/app Any idea how to go about fixing this?
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Fedora 24 : Gnome Software Center and Curl not working behind proxy servers

I have Fedora 24 Workstation on my laptop. My internet access is through proxy server only. I have successfully configured proxy settings for dnf and wget. I can install and updates packages using ...
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Help me understand variable place holder for curl command in Dockerfile

I am learning about Dockerfile and had not worked with curl before. I am trying to understand line 26 in this Dockerfile . && bash -c 'curl "https://nodejs.org/dist/$(<.node_version....
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Extract a value from command output and use the value as a parameter to a subsequent command

Hi there I am trying to have curl -v --request POST https://example.com --data-urlencode "username=usr]” --data-urlencode "password=[pass]” pass the output to the [TOKEN] field in here: curl -D - --...
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Merge jq output into a comma seperated string [duplicate]

I am trying to curl some URL which return json file, then I want to parse hosts from it and create a comma separated string. I have the first part working curl -s -u "admin:admin" -H "X-Requested-...