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3# DESCRIPTION
4
5**curl** is a tool for transferring data from or to a server using URLs. It
6supports these protocols: DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS,
7IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP,
8SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS.
9
10curl is powered by libcurl for all transfer-related features. See
11*libcurl(3)* for details.
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