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submitted 1 week ago by TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org to c/linux@linux.community

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Can someone please explain what this is ?

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[–] 48954246@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not 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: