Error using cURL on the WhatsApp web

Question

I'm trying to do a cURL, getting only the header of a site:

curl -I https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=51988888888&text&app_absent=0

But I get a prompt, until pressing Enter or Ctrl + C.

Is there anything that I can do?

please [edit] your question to indicate your objective. Is it simply to use WhatsApp? — graham, Oct 11 '21 at 19:50
You should quote the URL '...' to prevent special characters like & from being interpreted by the shell — steeldriver, Oct 11 '21 at 19:52
... see in particular How to skip the evaluation of ampersand in command line? — steeldriver, Oct 11 '21 at 20:47

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '21 at 21:40

23

You have to use quotes as follows

curl -I "https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=51988888888&text&app_absent=0"

to prevent & being interpreted as backgrounding of some task.

answered Oct 11 '21 at 21:40

N0rbert

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