> I got some very strange output when I tried the following
>
> 1. $ curl http://web.1.c3.audiovideoweb.com/1c3web3536/StoryOfStuff.mov
>
> I get some strange letters and something like <|<|<| (sort of a
> triangle no progress bar)

Unlike wget, curl doesn't create the file ("StoryOfStuff.mov" in this
case) for you on your local filesystem automatically.

You need to redirect curl's output to a file:

curl http://web.1.c3.audiovideoweb.com/1c3web3536/StoryOfStuff.mov >
/path/where/you/want/to/save/it/StoryOfStuff.mov

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Received on 2009-01-06