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coure2011
coure2011

Reputation: 42404

curl strange output

I am trying to download nodejs tar files from server using curl.. but its outputting strange characters to terminal and also not downloading the file. Check the screenshot

I am typing this command on terminal

curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.8.tar.gz

Why showing strange characters as output. I have also tried

curl -0 http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.8.tar.gz

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 2973

Answers (2)

zakovyrya
zakovyrya

Reputation: 9689

try curl -O http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.8.tar.gz meaning letter O, not zero 0

Upvotes: 0

Christian Neverdal
Christian Neverdal

Reputation: 5375

Add -O to not dump the file contents to the terminal.

curl -O http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.8.tar.gz

Note that it is the captital o and not zero.

For more, I can recommend http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/05/monday-man-page-curl/

Upvotes: 5

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