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iveytron
iveytron

Reputation: 1839

Is there a way to give a specific file name when saving a file via cURL?

I am pulling files using curl in the mac OS X terminal and want to give them different names. Is there a way to specify a name, such as a "save as" function when using curl?

Upvotes: 169

Views: 153927

Answers (4)

Elijah
Elijah

Reputation: 2223

Here is how to download a file to another file name, and allow redirects. No need to look for -L in the comments.

curl -L "$URL" -o "$FILENAME"

Example

curl -L https://protonmail.com/download/bridge/protonmail-bridge_2.1.1-1_amd64.deb -o bridge.deb

Upvotes: 3

Hugo Barbosa
Hugo Barbosa

Reputation: 153

For those who are getting familiar with CURL, here is a more clear and easy to understand use case example:

REMOTE URL

http(s)://my-remote-image.png?token=TOKEN_ID

CURL COMMAND IN ACTION (lowercase "o")

curl -o custom_name_to_be_used.png "http(s)://my-remote-image.png?token=TOKEN_ID"

Upvotes: 2

simonnordberg
simonnordberg

Reputation: 2974

Either use the -o option or its alias --output, or redirect shell output to the file of choice by using >.

curl -o /path/to/local/file http://url.com
curl http://url.com > /path/to/local/file

If you want to preserve the original file name from the remote server, use the -O option or its alias --remote-name. 

curl -O http://url.com/file.html

Stores the output from the remote location in the current directory as file.html.

Upvotes: 274

Tonny Madsen
Tonny Madsen

Reputation: 12718

curl -o <name> <url> seems to do the trick..

HINT: You can also try with man curl...

Upvotes: 26

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