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		est on Sept 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A curl cheat sheet I use `HTTP_PROXY=http://xxx curl xxxx` all the way. Works for any program, without need to remember different option syntax.

teddyh on Sept 18, 2015 [–]

In my experience the proxy environment variable (contrary to most other environment variables) must be lower case, i.e. “http_proxy”. Therefore:

  http_proxy=http://proxy-server.example:3128/ some_command

est on Sept 18, 2015 | [–]

You are absolutely right. I stand corrected.

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