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added some text for -d that says it "emulates filling in HTML forms" as that 

is what most people will use -d for
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Daniel Stenberg 2001-03-14 19:48:29 +00:00
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@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ HTTP resume is only possible with HTTP/1.1 or later servers.
If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-d/--data <data>"
(HTTP) Sends the specified data in a POST request to the HTTP server. Note
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. 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
(HTTP) Sends the specified data in a POST request to the HTTP server, in a way
that can emulate as if a user has filled in a HTML form and pressed the submit
button. Note 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. 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