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- [Clear The Screen](unix/clear-the-screen.md) - [Clear The Screen](unix/clear-the-screen.md)
- [Copying File Contents To System Paste Buffer](unix/copying-file-contents-to-system-paste-buffer.md) - [Copying File Contents To System Paste Buffer](unix/copying-file-contents-to-system-paste-buffer.md)
- [Create A File Descriptor with Process Substitution](unix/create-a-file-descriptor-with-process-substitution.md) - [Create A File Descriptor with Process Substitution](unix/create-a-file-descriptor-with-process-substitution.md)
- [Curling With Basic Auth Credentials](unix/curling-with-basic-auth-credentials.md)
- [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](unix/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md) - [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](unix/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md)
- [File Type Info With File](unix/file-type-info-with-file.md) - [File Type Info With File](unix/file-type-info-with-file.md)
- [Find Newer Files](unix/find-newer-files.md) - [Find Newer Files](unix/find-newer-files.md)

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# Curling With Basic Auth Credentials
I often use `curl` to take a quick look at the responses of particular
endpoints. If I try to `curl` a URL that is secured with HTTP Basic
Authentication, this is what the response looks like:
```bash
$ curl staging.example.com
HTTP Basic: Access denied.
```
I can give the credentials to `curl` so that it can plug them in as it makes
the request using the `-u` (or `--user`) flag:
```bash
$ curl -u username:password staging.example.com
<html><body>...</body></html>
```
If I don't want the password showing up in my command-line history, I can
just provide the username and `curl` will prompt me for my password:
```bash
$ curl -u username staging.example.com
Enter host password for user 'username':
<html><body>...</body></html>
```
See `man curl` for more details.