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Comment by javajosh | Hacker News Reader

May I suggest adding `--proxy URL` which is useful if using Charles/Fiddler to toggle between environments.

I use `HTTP_PROXY=http://xxx curl xxxx` all the way. Works for any program, without need to remember different option syntax.

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

You are absolutely right. I stand corrected.

-x is already in there, which is the short version of --proxy...