From 3b583ab7d72105e3bd80f602544e8c6795b13de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:38:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs/cmdline-opts: drop double quotes from GLOBBING and URL examples It looks easier on the eye without them Closes #18829 --- docs/cmdline-opts/_GLOBBING.md | 14 +++++++------- docs/cmdline-opts/_URL.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/_GLOBBING.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/_GLOBBING.md index 282356c3ef..c3c7951acb 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/_GLOBBING.md +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/_GLOBBING.md @@ -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 diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/_URL.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/_URL.md index 48ae02a556..580974f062 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/_URL.md +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/_URL.md @@ -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.