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clarified '-d @filename' with a tiny example

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Daniel Stenberg 2001-08-03 14:06:25 +00:00
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.\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\"
.TH curl 1 "8 May 2001" "Curl 7.7.3" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "3 Aug 2001" "Curl 7.8" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or
HTTPS syntax.
@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ name=daniel -d skill=lousy' would generate a post chunk that looks like
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. Multiple files can also be
specified.
specified. Posting data from a file named 'foobar' would thus be done with
"--data @foobar".
To post data purely binary, you should instead use the --data-binary option.