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cURL Debugging, Performance, and Scripting/Force HTTP/2

Ask curl to use HTTP/2 where supported.

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Section: Debugging and Diagnostics

Force HTTP/2

bash
bash
curl --http2 https://example.com
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Useful when testing protocol behavior and ALPN negotiation.

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