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stop using the word 'just'

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Everywhere. In documentation and code comments.

It is almost never a good word and almost always a filler that should be
avoided.

Closes #20793
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@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ receives. Use it like this:
## See the Timing
Many times you may wonder what exactly is taking all the time, or you just
want to know the amount of milliseconds between two points in a transfer. For
those, and other similar situations, the
Many times you may wonder what exactly is taking all the time, or you want to
know the amount of milliseconds between two points in a transfer. For those,
and other similar situations, the
[`--trace-time`](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html#--trace-time) option is
what you need. It prepends the time to each trace output line:
@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ to use forms and cookies instead.
## Path part
The path part is just sent off to the server to request that it sends back
the associated response. The path is what is to the right side of the slash
that follows the hostname and possibly port number.
The path part is sent off to the server to request that it sends back the
associated response. The path is what is to the right side of the slash that
follows the hostname and possibly port number.
# Fetch a page
@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ actual body in the HEAD response.
## Multiple URLs in a single command line
A single curl command line may involve one or many URLs. The most common case
is probably to just use one, but you can specify any amount of URLs. Yes any.
No limits. You then get requests repeated over and over for all the given
URLs.
is probably to use one, but you can specify any amount of URLs. Yes any. No
limits. You then get requests repeated over and over for all the given URLs.
Example, send two GET requests:
@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ entered address on a map or using the info as a login-prompt verifying that
the user is allowed to see what it is about to see.
Of course there has to be some kind of program on the server end to receive
the data you send. You cannot just invent something out of the air.
the data you send. You cannot invent something out of the air.
## GET
@ -257,8 +256,7 @@ the second page you get becomes
Most search engines work this way.
To make curl do the GET form post for you, just enter the expected created
URL:
To make curl do the GET form post for you, enter the expected created URL:
curl "https://www.example.com/when/junk.cgi?birthyear=1905&press=OK"
@ -328,8 +326,8 @@ To post to a form like this with curl, you enter a command line like:
A common way for HTML based applications to pass state information between
pages is to add hidden fields to the forms. Hidden fields are already filled
in, they are not displayed to the user and they get passed along just as all
the other fields.
in, they are not displayed to the user and they get passed along as all the
other fields.
A similar example form with one visible field, one hidden field and one
submit button could look like:
@ -498,11 +496,11 @@ JavaScript to do it.
## Cookie Basics
The way the web browsers do "client side state control" is by using
cookies. Cookies are just names with associated contents. The cookies are
sent to the client by the server. The server tells the client for what path
and hostname it wants the cookie sent back, and it also sends an expiration
date and a few more properties.
The way the web browsers do "client side state control" is by using cookies.
Cookies are names with associated contents. The cookies are sent to the client
by the server. The server tells the client for what path and hostname it wants
the cookie sent back, and it also sends an expiration date and a few more
properties.
When a client communicates with a server with a name and path as previously
specified in a received cookie, the client sends back the cookies and their
@ -646,9 +644,9 @@ body etc.
## Some login tricks
While not strictly just HTTP related, it still causes a lot of people
problems so here's the executive run-down of how the vast majority of all
login forms work and how to login to them using curl.
While not strictly HTTP related, it still causes a lot of people problems so
here's the executive run-down of how the vast majority of all login forms work
and how to login to them using curl.
It can also be noted that to do this properly in an automated fashion, you
most certainly need to script things and do multiple curl invokes etc.