Re: Reference upload glob pieces in output filename

[Stefan Eissing via curl-users]

> Am 22.04.2026 um 09:35 schrieb Daniel Stenberg via curl-users 
> <curl-users@lists.haxx.se>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It struck me that when using globbing for uploads to a single URL, there is 
> no way to store the three responses in separate output files. Example:
> 
>  curl -T '{one,two,three}' https://upload.example/ -o save-output
> 
> This command line makes curl overwrite the same target file multiple times 
> and afterwards only the last response remains. *sad face*
> 
> As a comparison, downloading with globbing in the URL allows us to use pieces 
> of the glob in the output name:
> 
>  curl 'https://upload.example/{one,two,three}' -o 'save-#1'
> 
> I have now made a first PR and attempt to allow us to fix the initial 
> omission by adding a way to refer to upload globs separately for the output 
> filename, using ! instead of #. Like this:
> 
>  curl -T 'file{1,2,3}' https://upload.example/ -o 'response-!1'
> 
> Maybe we can think of a better way?

Have not looked at the internals. As a user, I would expect `-o 'save-#1' to 
also work for uploads.

(I assume the #1 counter only counts url globs and not upload globs, but that 
is an implementation detail, or?)

> 
>  https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/21407
> 
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