.if !'po4a'hide' .TH squidclient 1
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.SH NAME
.if !'po4a'hide' .B squidclient
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A simple HTTP web client tool
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.if !'po4a'hide' .B squidclient
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "[ \-aknNrsv ] [ \-A"
string
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-g"
count
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-h"
remote host
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-H '"
string
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "' ] [ \-i"
IMS
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-I"
ping interval
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-j '"
Host header
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "' ] [ \-l"
local host
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-m"
method
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-p"
port
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-P"
file
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-t"
count
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-T"
timeout
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-u"
user
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-U"
user
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-V"
version
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-w"
password
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] [ \-W"
password
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "] "
url
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B squidclient
is a tool providing a command line interface for retrieving URLs.
Designed for testing any HTTP 0.9, 1.0, or 1.1 web server or proxy.
This tool can be combined with scripts to perform any basic HTTP operation.
Some additional features for access to the 
.B squid
proxy object cache and management information are provided.
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.SH OPTIONS
.if !'po4a'hide' .TP 12
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-a"
Do NOT include Accept: header.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-A 'string'"
Send 
.B string
as User-Agent: header. To omit the header completely set string to empty ('').
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-g count"
Ping mode, perform
.I count
iterations (0 to loop until interrupted).
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-h host"
Retrieve URL from cache on hostname.  Default is
.B localhost
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-H 'string'"
Extra headers to send. Use
.B '\\n'
for new lines.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-i time"
If\-Modified\-Since time (in Epoch seconds).
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-I interval"
Ping interval in seconds (default 1 second).
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-j hosthdr"
Host header content
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-k"
Keep the connection active. Default is to do only one request then close.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-l host"
Specify a local IP address to bind to.  Default is none.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-m method"
Request method, default is
.I GET.
Squid also supports a non-standard method called
.I PURGE.
You can use that to purge a specific URL from the cache.
You need to have
.I purge
access setup in
.B squid.conf
similar to
.I manager
 access. Here is an example:
.if !'po4a'hide' .nf
.if !'po4a'hide'       acl purge method PURGE
.if !'po4a'hide'       http_access deny purge !localhost
.if !'po4a'hide' .fi
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-n"
Proxy Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
.if !'po4a'hide' .nf
Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-N"
WWW Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
.if !'po4a'hide' .nf
Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-p port"
Port number of cache.  Default is 3128.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-P file"
Request body. Using the named file as data.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-r"
Force cache to reload URL.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-s"
Silent.  Do not print data to stdout.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-t count"
Trace
.I count
HTTP relay or proxy hops
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-T timeout"
Timeout value (seconds) for read/write operations.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-u user"
Proxy authentication username
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-U user"
WWW authentication username
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-v"
Verbose. Print outgoing message to stderr.
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-V version"
HTTP Version. Use '\-' for HTTP/0.9 omitted case
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-w password"
Proxy authentication password
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.if !'po4a'hide' .TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .B "\-W password"
WWW authentication password
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.SH AUTHOR
Derived from Harvest. Further developed by by numerous individuals from
the internet community. Development is led by Duane Wessels of the
National Laboratory for Applied Network Research and funded by
the National Science Foundation.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).
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.SH QUESTIONS
Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the
.I Squid Users mailing list
.if !'po4a'hide' <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with your bug report.
.PP
Report bugs or bug fixes using http://bugs.squid-cache.org/
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Report serious security bugs to
.I Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>
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Report ideas for new improvements to the
.I Squid Developers mailing list
.if !'po4a'hide' <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>
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.SH SEE ALSO
.if !'po4a'hide' .BR squid "(8), "
.if !'po4a'hide' .BR cachemgr.cgi "(8)"