On Sat, 10 Apr 2010, Simon Lyall wrote:

> So I guess I am asking for an option to tell curl to connect to a IP that I
> give it and ask for the URL normally. Thoughts?

Traditionally there are two ways to accomplish this, although not as
convenient as "just" an option:

1. edit /etc/hosts (or equivalent)

2. edit the URL and connect to example.com like:

   curl -H "Host: example.com" http://1.2.3.4/thepage.html

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