curl/docs/cmdline-opts/local-port.md
Daniel Stenberg fe9f68fa61
cmdline-opts: shorter help texts
In an effort to increase the readability of the "--help all" output on
narrow (80 column) terminals.

Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro

Closes #13169
2024-03-25 13:05:24 +01:00

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: local-port
Arg: <range>
Help: Use a local port number within RANGE
Added: 7.15.2
Category: connection
Multi: single
See-also:
- globoff
Example:
- --local-port 1000-3000 $URL
---
# `--local-port`
Set a preferred single number or range (FROM-TO) of local port numbers to use
for the connection(s). Note that port numbers by nature are a scarce resource
so setting this range to something too narrow might cause unnecessary
connection setup failures.