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3# OUTPUT
4If not told otherwise, curl writes the received data to stdout. It can be
5instructed to instead save that data into a local file, using the --output or
6--remote-name options. If curl is given multiple URLs to transfer on the
7command line, it similarly needs multiple options for where to save them.
8
9curl does not parse or otherwise "understand" the content it gets or writes as
10output. It does no encoding or decoding, unless explicitly asked to with
11dedicated command line options.
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