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   Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 02:28:40 JST Peter Krefting

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   @bagder This makes curl is perfect for checking checksums (curl ... | sha256sum -) and checking API results and I always use curl for that. This also makes curl harder to use for downloading files, so I always use wget for that. I's good to have a choice, and to have different tools available for different situations.

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     daniel:// stenberg:// (bagder@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 02:28:41 JST daniel:// stenberg://

     Ten years ago I explained why #curl defaults to stdout:

     https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2014/11/17/why-curl-defaults-to-stdout/