Is there a way to follow redirects with command line cURL?

Question

I know that in a php script:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

will follow redirects. Is there a way to follow redirects with

Answer 1

As said, to follow redirects you can use the flag -L or --location:

curl -L http://www.example.com

But, if you want limit the number of redirects, add the parameter --max-redirs

--max-redirs 

Set maximum number of redirection-followings allowed. If -L, --location is used, this option can be used to prevent curl from following redirections "in absurdum". By default, the limit is set to 50 redirections. Set this option to -1 to make it limitless. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.