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No, OP said…

> you would have to do `curl url://to/file.htm > file.htm` or some other, less ergonomical, incantation

… which begs the conclusion that OP is unaware of `-O`.

I'm well aware of curl's -O (long form: --remote-name), but it has an unfortunate clash with an option of the same name from wget (long form: --output-document). These options have closely related yet very different meanings. Using these options without looking at the manpage fills me with a sense of dread that I prefer to avoid.

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