Curl
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A command line tool for getting or sending files using URL syntax.
Since curl uses libcurl, it supports a range of common Internet protocols, currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, LDAP, LDAPS, DICT, TELNET and FILE.
The name of the project is a play on 'Client for URLs', originally with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious it deals with URLs. The fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped; it works as an abbreviation for "Client URL Request Library" or the recursive version: "Curl URL Request Library".
Daniel Stenberg started writing cURL in 1997, as a way to transfer files via protocols such as http, ftp, gopher, and many more, via a command-line interface. Several other persons made important and crucial contributions to the project. Distributed under the MIT License, cURL is free software.