Why curl defaults to stdout

Re:Why curl defaults to stdout by _almosnow on Monday November 17, 2014 @09:56AM (#8618409)

99% of the time I'm using curl/wget is to download a compressed file. So, for me, `curl | tar` is shorter than `wget -O - | tar`, and much better than `wget` -> download -> decompress -> delete the file.

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Re:Why curl defaults to stdout by LeonidasXIV on Monday November 17, 2014 @10:08AM (#8618471)

I don't trust tarballs to decompress cleanly and not explode into umpteen smaller files which I have to hunt in my download folder.

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Re:Why curl defaults to stdout by Sir_Cmpwn on Monday November 17, 2014 @10:52AM (#8618698)

So don't run it from your downloads folder, run it from the place you actually want it extracted to. You're only locked into a downloads folder if you're using a web browser, which in this case you aren't.

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Re:Why curl defaults to stdout by _almosnow on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:43PM (#8625099)

sudo time-travel -10s

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