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Added description on how to use the newly supported multiple -d options

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Daniel Stenberg 2000-10-27 10:52:38 +00:00
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.\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\"
.TH curl 1 "26 September 2000" "Curl 7.3" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "26 October 2000" "Curl 7.4.2" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or
HTTPS syntax.
@ -93,11 +93,16 @@ HTTP resume is only possible with HTTP/1.1 or later servers.
that the data is sent exactly as specified with no extra processing (with all
newlines cut off). The data is expected to be "url-encoded". This will cause
curl to pass the data to the server using the content-type
application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Compare to -F.
application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Compare to -F. If more than one -d/--data
option is used on the same command line, the data pieces specified will be
merged together with a separating &-letter. Thus, using '-d name=daniel -d
skill=lousy' would generate a post chunk that looks like
'name=daniel&skill=lousy'.
If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a file name to
read the data from, or - if you want curl to read the data from stdin.
The contents of the file must already be url-encoded.
read the data from, or - if you want curl to read the data from stdin. The
contents of the file must already be url-encoded. Multiple files can also be
specified.
To post data purely binary, you should instead use the --data-binary option.