curl/docs/cmdline-opts/basic.md
Daniel Stenberg e7219c2bdc
cmdline-opts: language cleanups
Use imperative mood consistently for the first sentence describing an
option.

"Set this" instead "tell curl to set" or "this sets..."

Plus some extra cleanups and rephrasing.

Closes #13106
2024-03-12 15:42:33 +01:00

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-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.