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<br /> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current<br /> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed<br /> 100 585k 0 585k 0 0 95317 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 120k