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curl-8.15.0/docs/cmdline-opts/basic.md

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+---
+c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+Long: basic
+Help: HTTP Basic Authentication
+Protocols: HTTP
+Category: auth
+Added: 7.10.6
+Multi: mutex
+See-also:
+  - proxy-basic
+Example:
+  - -u name:password --basic $URL
+---
+
+# `--basic`
+
+Use HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This method is the default
+and this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a
+previously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as
+--ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate).
+
+Used together with --user.