stop using the word 'just'

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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@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Enable the alt-svc parser. If the filename points to an existing alt-svc cache
file, that gets used. After a completed transfer, the cache is saved to the
filename again if it has been modified.
Specify a "" filename (zero length) to avoid loading/saving and make curl just
Specify a "" filename (zero length) to avoid loading/saving and make curl
handle the cache in memory.
You may want to restrict your umask to prevent other users on the same system

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@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ Example:
# `--data-ascii`
This option is just an alias for --data.
This option is an alias for --data.

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@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ a separator and a content specification. The \<data\> part can be passed to
curl using one of the following syntaxes:
## content
URL-encode the content and pass that on. Just be careful so that the content
does not contain any `=` or `@` symbols, as that makes the syntax match one of
the other cases below.
URL-encode the content and pass that on. Be careful so that the content does
not contain any `=` or `@` symbols, as that makes the syntax match one of the
other cases below.
## =content
URL-encode the content and pass that on. The preceding `=` symbol is not

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@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ For SMTP and IMAP protocols, this composes a multipart mail message to
transmit.
This enables uploading of binary files etc. To force the 'content' part to be
a file, prefix the filename with an @ sign. To just get the content part from
a file, prefix the filename with the symbol \<. The difference between @ and
\< is then that @ makes a file get attached in the post as a file upload,
while the \< makes a text field and just gets the contents for that text field
from a file.
a file, prefix the filename with an @ sign. To get the content part from a
file, prefix the filename with the symbol \<. The difference between @ and \<
is then that @ makes a file get attached in the post as a file upload, while
the \< makes a text field and gets the contents for that text field from a
file.
Read content from stdin instead of a file by using a single "-" as filename.
This goes for both @ and \< constructs. When stdin is used, the contents is

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ in the HSTS cache, it upgrades the transfer to use HTTPS. Each HSTS cache
entry has an individual lifetime after which the upgrade is no longer
performed.
Specify a "" filename (zero length) to avoid loading/saving and make curl just
Specify a "" filename (zero length) to avoid loading/saving and make curl
handle HSTS in memory.
You may want to restrict your umask to prevent other users on the same system

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include subdirectories and symbolic links.
When listing an SFTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view, one per
line. This is especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the
contents of an SFTP directory since the normal directory view provides more
information than just filenames.
information than filenames.
When retrieving a specific email from POP3, this switch forces a LIST command
to be performed instead of RETR. This is particularly useful if the user wants

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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ this:
curl -o aa example.com -o bb example.net
and the order of the -o options and the URLs does not matter, just that the
and the order of the -o options and the URLs does not matter, only that the
first -o is for the first URL and so on, so the above command line can also be
written as

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@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Example:
# `--quote`
Send an arbitrary command to the remote FTP or SFTP server. Quote commands are
sent BEFORE the transfer takes place (just after the initial **PWD** command
in an FTP transfer, to be exact). To make commands take place after a
sent BEFORE the transfer takes place (immediately after the initial **PWD**
command in an FTP transfer, to be exact). To make commands take place after a
successful transfer, prefix them with a dash '-'.
(FTP only) To make commands be sent after curl has changed the working
directory, just before the file transfer command(s), prefix the command with a
'+'.
directory, immediately before the file transfer command(s), prefix the command
with a '+'.
You may specify any number of commands.

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@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ Example:
If there is a local file present when a download is requested, the operation
is skipped. Note that curl cannot know if the local file was previously
downloaded fine, or if it is incomplete etc, it just knows if there is a
filename present in the file system or not and it skips the transfer if it is.
downloaded fine, or if it is incomplete etc, it knows if there is a filename
present in the file system or not and it skips the transfer if it is.

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@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ from stdin you write "@-".
The variables present in the output format are substituted by the value or
text that curl thinks fit, as described below. All variables are specified as
%{variable_name} and to output a normal % you just write them as %%. You can
output a newline by using \n, a carriage return with \r and a tab space with
\t.
%{variable_name} and to output a normal % you write them as %%. You can output
a newline by using \n, a carriage return with \r and a tab space with \t.
The output is by default written to standard output, but can be changed with
%{stderr} and %output{}.
@ -249,9 +248,9 @@ The time, in seconds, it took from the start until the last byte is sent
by libcurl. (Added in 8.10.0)
## `time_pretransfer`
The time, in seconds, it took from the start until the file transfer was just
about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that
are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved.
The time, in seconds, it took from the start until immediately before the file
transfer was about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and
negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved.
## `time_queue`
The time, in seconds, the transfer was queued during its run. This adds