On Sat, 4 May 2002 18:27:40 -0400, John D. Zanette wrote:
> Whatever text I put after --w displays but the variables never get
> substituted.
>
> I have tried double %'s, single %'s, with "", without "", with (),
> without (), and several other variations and I can't get the
> variables to show. I have also tried using a config file. It
> always come back with straight text.
>
> ================================
>
> For example:
>
> curl -O -s -w \t%%(url_effective) www.anywhere.com/file.zip

Hi John!

You must use curly braces, not parentheses. I just tested with 7.9.6
and it worked, at least with url_effective.

Good luck!

/Linus

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