curl Gets a Major Update: Partial File Reading Support
2024-12-30
The upcoming curl 8.12.0 release introduces exciting new functionality: partial file reading. Users can now leverage a new variable system to extract specific byte ranges from files and use them within curl command lines. This adds significant flexibility to how curl handles files, allowing for tasks like extracting the beginning of a file as a username or a section in the middle for a POST body. This significantly expands curl's capabilities, empowering users with a more robust command-line tool.
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