curl-users
Re: Limits to curl command or how to download a long list of URL.
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:38:58 -0200
John answer me! And the answer to my question is use
Use -O (--remote-name)
And -K, (--config <config file>) (I really thought it do other things.. but
this is what I was looking)
The curl docs is so big that sometime you miss some tips. Why not make a
small doc with only the more important :D
2015-01-04 14:49 GMT-02:00 Rodrigo Zanatta Silva <
rodrigozanattasilva_at_gmail.com>:
> Dar.. Why use older software version... I install mac port and update the
> curl.. Don't be lazzy :D
>
> Now it is:
>
> curl 7.39.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0.0) libcurl/7.39.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1j
> zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.29
>
> GNU bash, version 4.3.30(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0.0)
>
> 2015-01-04 14:22 GMT-02:00 Rodrigo Zanatta Silva <
> rodrigozanattasilva_at_gmail.com>:
>
> HI!
>>
>> I have a (really) big list of URL to download. Every file is a small html
>> about 1k size. One easy thing was download one by one creating a big bash
>> script.
>>
>> But I discovery it can be faster if I send various URL at once to curl.
>> Maybe because it need to start a connection, download and close connection,
>> when I send various at same time, the curl do this things as fast as
>> possible.
>>
>> So one strategy is use braces. My URL is not numeric and don't have an
>> easy logic. So, I will create a big command file with
>>
>> curl http://site.{one,two,three}.com
>>
>> How long can be my command? I am using
>>
>> *OSX Yosemite 10.10.1 *
>> *Bash: version 3.2.53(1)-release*
>> *curl: curl 7.37.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0) libcurl/7.37.1
>> SecureTransport zlib/1.2.5*
>>
>> (Hum.. Maybe I need update it, and for newer bash and curl, it change the
>> limit?)
>>
>> Is there another strategy? Maybe a list of file. How can I config it to
>> download all URL in an txt file, one URL per line (in an efficient way, not
>> transform this file making curl download one by one)
>>
>> And I will use various threads, so I can start various command at same
>> time, and every command will use the strategy that I am asking now.
>>
>>
>
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Received on 2015-01-05