Hackers' Pub

Hackers’ Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder@mastodon.social

6/22/2025, 9:07:09 PM

Public

We got this question about adding support for the NETRC environment variable to #curl - because it currently does not support it.

Curious about the prevalence of this environment variable in existing tools I decided to, yeah, Google it...

The Google AI overview says:

"The getenv("NETRC") function call in a programming language (like C or a similar environment) retrieves the value of the environment variable named NETRC. This environment variable, if set, typically specifies the path to a .netrc file used by tools like curl or ftp for automatic login information. "

...implying that curl already supports it.

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