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cURL Debugging, Performance, and Scripting/Script-safe status check

Capture HTTP status for shell scripts.

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Section: Config Files and Scripting

Script-safe status check

bash
bash
status=$(curl -s -o /tmp/resp.json -w '%{http_code}' https://api.example.com/health)\n[ "$status" -eq 200 ] && echo ok || echo fail
Explanation

A common automation pattern: body to file, status to shell variable.

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