To get this to work properly in PowerShell the easiest way is to use variables and the -OutFile argument as shown here: They are similar but not the same which is why the above request does not work for us. As you can see, the curl command just calls the Invoke-WebRequest command. If you type in the command Get-Alias, it will give you a list of all the Aliases that are used in PowerShell. That you will just get the headers instead of the file itself.Īliases in PowerShell allow you to create shortcuts for longer commands so you don’t have to type them out all of the time. In the above instance, what will happen is You can type in a cURL command like one that downloads a file from aĪnd it will seem like it works but what it is actually doing is just Using Curl In Powershell (The Sociable Geek) No extra files or downloads are required to obtain wget functionality: It is also important to know that there are both wget and curl aliases built into all modern versions of Windows Powershell. You don't need the extra baggage of Cygwin and the likes, just one small EXE file.

There are many flavors available- with and without SSL support. There is a native cURL for Windows available here.

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