docs/cmdline-opts: drop double quotes from GLOBBING and URL examples

It looks easier on the eye without them

Closes #18829
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Daniel Stenberg 2025-10-03 12:38:40 +02:00
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@ -6,31 +6,31 @@ or ranges within brackets. We call this "globbing".
Provide a list with three different names like this:
"http://site.{one,two,three}.com"
http://site.{one,two,three}.com
Do sequences of alphanumeric series by using [] as in:
"ftp://ftp.example.com/file[1-100].txt"
ftp://ftp.example.com/file[1-100].txt
With leading zeroes:
"ftp://ftp.example.com/file[001-100].txt"
ftp://ftp.example.com/file[001-100].txt
With letters through the alphabet:
"ftp://ftp.example.com/file[a-z].txt"
ftp://ftp.example.com/file[a-z].txt
Nested sequences are not supported, but you can use several ones next to each
other:
"http://example.com/archive[1996-1999]/vol[1-4]/part{a,b,c}.html"
http://example.com/archive[1996-1999]/vol[1-4]/part{a,b,c}.html
You can specify a step counter for the ranges to get every Nth number or
letter:
"http://example.com/file[1-100:10].txt"
http://example.com/file[1-100:10].txt
"http://example.com/file[a-z:2].txt"
http://example.com/file[a-z:2].txt
When using [] or {} sequences when invoked from a command line prompt, you
probably have to put the full URL within double quotes to avoid the shell from

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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ separate curl runs.
Provide an IPv6 zone id in the URL with an escaped percentage sign. Like in
"http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/"
http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/
Everything provided on the command line that is not a command line option or
its argument, curl assumes is a URL and treats it as such.