Linux Tip #6: Download with cURL

Here’s how to download a file using cURL.

curl -O [full url to file]

curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip

Sample Output;

[root@kmon01 bin]# curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 585k 0 585k 0 0 95317 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 120k