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So? The tools are miniscule. Use the right tool for the right job. Shoehorning curl into the role of wget is silly.





BUT BUT BUT - neither wget nor curl let me read my email!

BRB, forking curl to add email client support.

https://programmingphilosophy.org/posts/zawinskis-law/


Good news then, because curl supports IMAP!

> Shoehorning curl into the role of wget is silly.

How is it silly if the identical functionality is there, but you just need to use more command-line arguments?


The functionality is not identical. Wget is much more high level. You should not need to be an HTTP and curl expert to download a file lol.



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