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minus-square48954246linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoLike curl or this website specifically? curl is a CLI tool used primarily to interact with webservers. It can do much more than that, but its unclear what kind of an explanation you’re seeking.
minus-squareTheracAriane@thebrainbin.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoSo it’s basically a terminal emulator ?
minus-square48954246linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoNot quite the right way of thinking about it. curl is a program that can be used from a terminal. Servers are often interacted with via URLs. curl is just one of many tools for interacting with them. If you have access to a terminal with curl installed I would suggest running man curl and having a read of the output. Alternatively it can be read here: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/curl.1.html
minus-square48954246linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI’ve see your other posts now and I’ve come to the conclusion you are trying to figure out how to browse the web via a terminal. In the biz we call this an https://xyproblem.info/ You were never going to get a satisfying answer with your question. A better one would have been “how do I browse the web with a terminal” And people would have directed you to search for things like “terminal browser”
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoJust in case that is the question - this post confuses me too! - I prefer lynx.
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curlor this website specifically?curlis a CLI tool used primarily to interact with webservers.It can do much more than that, but its unclear what kind of an explanation you’re seeking.
So it’s basically a terminal emulator ?
Not quite the right way of thinking about it.
curlis a program that can be used from a terminal.Servers are often interacted with via URLs.
curlis just one of many tools for interacting with them.If you have access to a terminal with
curlinstalled I would suggest runningman curland having a read of the output.Alternatively it can be read here:
https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/curl.1.html
I’ve see your other posts now and I’ve come to the conclusion you are trying to figure out how to browse the web via a terminal.
In the biz we call this an https://xyproblem.info/
You were never going to get a satisfying answer with your question.
A better one would have been “how do I browse the web with a terminal”
And people would have directed you to search for things like “terminal browser”
Just in case that is the question - this post confuses me too! - I prefer lynx.