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Re: Reference upload glob pieces in output filename
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From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:53:44 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Stefan Eissing wrote:
>> curl -T 'file{1,2,3}' https://upload.example/ -o 'response-!1'
>>
>> Maybe we can think of a better way?
>
> Have not looked at the internals. As a user, I would expect `-o 'save-#1' to
> also work for uploads.
>
> (I assume the #1 counter only counts url globs and not upload globs, but
> that is an implementation detail, or?)
Here's an example that shows why they need to be different (in some way):
curl -T 'file{1,2,3}' https://upload.example/{this,that} -o 'response-!1-#1'
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:53:44 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 22 Apr 2026, Stefan Eissing wrote:
>> curl -T 'file{1,2,3}' https://upload.example/ -o 'response-!1'
>>
>> Maybe we can think of a better way?
>
> Have not looked at the internals. As a user, I would expect `-o 'save-#1' to
> also work for uploads.
>
> (I assume the #1 counter only counts url globs and not upload globs, but
> that is an implementation detail, or?)
Here's an example that shows why they need to be different (in some way):
curl -T 'file{1,2,3}' https://upload.example/{this,that} -o 'response-!1-#1'
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