{"repo":"curl/wcurl","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/curl/wcurl","clone":"git clone https://github.com/curl/wcurl.git","description":"a simple wrapper around curl to easily download files","language":"Shell","stars":511,"topics":["command-line","download","url","curl"],"license":null,"category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"Install wcurl First check if your distro/OS vendor ships wcurl as part of their official repositories, wcurl might be shipped as part of the curl package. If they do not ship it, consider making a request for it. You can always install wcurl by downloading the script: Install wcurl's manpage wcurl(1) wcurl a simple wrapper around curl to easily download files. Synopsis Description wcurl is a simple curl wrapper which lets you use curl to download files without having to remember any parameters. Call wcurl with a list of URLs you want to download and wcurl picks sane defaults. If you need anything more complex, you can provide any of curl's supported parameters via the --curl-options option. Beware that you likely should be using curl directly if your use case is not covered. By default, wcurl does: Percent-encode whitespace in URLs; Download multiple URLs in parallel if the installed curl's version is = 7.66.0 ( --parallel ); Use a total number of 5 parallel connections to the same protocol + hostname + port number target if the installed curl's version is = 8.16.0 ( --parallel-max-host ); Follow redirects; Automatically choose a filename as output; Avoid overwriting files if the installed curl's version is = 7.83.0 ( --no-clobber ); Perform retries; Set the downloaded file timestamp to the value provided by the server, if available; Disable curl 's URL globbing parser so {} and [] characters in URLs are not treated specially; Percent-decode the resulting filename; Use \"index","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/curl","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/curl/wcurl/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}