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yaz-url

YAZ-URL(1)							     Commands								YAZ-URL(1)

NAME

       yaz-url - YAZ URL fetch utility

SYNOPSIS

       yaz-url [-H name:value] [-m method] [-O fname] [-p fname] [-u user/password] [-x proxy] [url...]

DESCRIPTION

       yaz-url is utility to get web content. It is very limited in functionality compared to programs such as curl, wget.

       The options must be precede the URL given on the command line to take effect.

       Fetched HTTP content is written to stdout, unless option -O is given.

OPTIONS

       -H name:value
	   Specifies HTTP header content with name and value. This option can be given multiple times (for different names, of course).

       -m method
	   Specifies the HTTP method to be used for the next URL. Default is method "GET". However, option -p sets it to "POST".

       -O fname
	   Sets output filename for HTTP content.

       -p fname
	   Sets a file to be POSTed in the folloing URL.

       -u user/password
	   Specifies a user and a password to be uesd in HTTP basic authentication in the following URL fetch. The user and password must be
	   separated by a slash (this it is not possible to specify a user with a slash in it).

       -x proxy
	   Specifies a proxy to be used for URL fetch.

SEE ALSO

       yaz(7)

YAZ 4.2.30							    04/16/2012								YAZ-URL(1)

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