wcurl

#TIL about #wcurl

"wcurl is a command line tool which lets u download URLs w/o having to remember any parameters.
Starting with #curl 8.14.0, wcurl comes bundled in the regular curl release tarballs. Building & installing curl then also installs wcurl and its man page."

curl.se/wcurl/

docs/wcurl-vs-wget.md at master · bagder/docs Internet protocols and tools related documentation - bagder/docs

So tell me, what does a comparison of #wcurl and #wget need to include?

github.com/bagder/docs/blob/master/...

Release v2025.11.04 · curl/wcurl Fix CVE-2025-11563: Don't percent-decode / and \ in output file name to avoid path traversal. Fix typos reported by pyspelling. Multiple improvements to GitHub Actions.

Welcome to #wcurl v2025.11.04 https://github.com/curl/wcurl/releases/tag/v2025.11.04

It fixes CVE-2025-11563
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.html

Original post on mastodon.social

Mr @samueloph posted two videos on #wcurl and #curl in Debian:

"wcurl - one year later - DebConf 25" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvnDvic2eaw

Short presentation about what happened since wcurl’s creation in May 17 2024 and what will happen next.

"curl maintainers BoF - DebConf 25" […]

wcurl - How To Use Name

Learned of #wcurl today. And I must say, I never even thought of making a wrapper to curl. Especially for downloading files. Yes there's a bazillion flags you need, but those flags have purpose. 😅

That stated, going to try it out when I have the need. 😁

Starting with the next #curl release (8.14.0), the #wcurl script will come bundled. To make it easier for everyone to do more curl better of course.

Release v2025.02.24 · curl/wcurl Allow -o and -O to be used without whitespaces (e.g.: -oNAME). Fix capitalization of the name of copyright owner sergiodj. Use the standard copyright header in manpage. Create a github workflow for...

new #wcurl

https://github.com/curl/wcurl/releases/tag/v2025.02.24

Now with a #wcurl sticker from @samueloph.

Release v2024.12.08 · curl/wcurl New parameter -o|-O|--output|output= which allows the user to choose the output filename. Default to index.html as filename if none can be inferred from the URL. Percent-decode output filenames by ...

As we are waiting for the #curl release coming in 48 hours, here's a fresh #wcurl release:

github.com/curl/wcurl/r...

Release v2024.12.08 · curl/wcurl New parameter -o|-O|--output|output= which allows the user to choose the output filename. Default to index.html as filename if none can be inferred from the URL. Percent-decode output filenames by ...

#wcurl v2024.12.08 is here!

https://github.com/curl/wcurl/releases/tag/v2024.12.08

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#curl welcomes #wcurl to the team

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/08/curl-wel...

I am inviting the #wcurl tool to get adopted by the #curl project.

https://curl.se/mail/archive-2024-08/0000.html

#wcurl in #homebrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/176667