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How can I upload a file named yes, this filename has a comma.txt with the cli curl?

You would normally do this to upload a file with curl:

curl --progress-bar -F "fileUpload=@filename.txt"

However curl interprets commas as multiple files to upload, so this will not work:

curl --progress-bar -F "fileUpload=@yes, this filename has a comma.txt"

How can I escape the filename?

I already found a workaround by creating a temporary symlink to the original file and pass that to curl. However the problem is that the filename that curl sends to the server is the filename of the symlink, not the original file.

Tyilo
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You have not said what OS you are using. The following solutions work for Linux (not only for curl but most kinds of escaping):

  • Put the file name in quotes (you need to escape them as well):

      curl --progress-bar -F "fileUpload=@\"yes, this filename has a comma.txt\""

  • Escape the comma

      curl --progress-bar -F "fileUpload=@yes\, this filename has a comma.txt"
terdon
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This worked for me. The apk file has spaces in it.

#!/bin/bash

API_TOKEN="____"


ARTIFACT_PATH=$(find $2 -name .ipa -o -name .apk)


curl https://upload.diawi.com/ 

-F token=${API_TOKEN} 

-F file=@"${ARTIFACT_PATH}" 

-F callback_emails='example@gmail.com'
seyahdoo
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