1--- 2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. 3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 4Long: connect-to 5Arg: <HOST1:PORT1:HOST2:PORT2> 6Help: Connect to host2 instead of host1 7Added: 7.49.0 8Category: connection dns 9Multi: append 10See-also: 11 - resolve 12 - header 13Example: 14 - --connect-to example.com:443:example.net:8443 $URL 15--- 16 17# `--connect-to` 18 19For a request intended for the `HOST1:PORT1` pair, connect to `HOST2:PORT2` 20instead. This option is only used to establish the network connection. It does 21NOT affect the hostname/port number that is used for TLS/SSL (e.g. SNI, 22certificate verification) or for the application protocols. 23 24`HOST1` and `PORT1` may be empty strings, meaning any host or any port number. 25`HOST2` and `PORT2` may also be empty strings, meaning use the request's 26original hostname and port number. 27 28A hostname specified to this option is compared as a string, so it needs to 29match the name used in request URL. It can be either numerical such as 30`127.0.0.1` or the full host name such as `example.org`. 31 32Example: redirect connects from the example.com hostname to 127.0.0.1 33independently of port number: 34 35 curl --connect-to example.com::127.0.0.1: https://example.com/ 36 37Example: redirect connects from all hostnames to 127.0.0.1 independently of 38port number: 39 40 curl --connect-to ::127.0.0.1: http://example.com/ 41