[SOLVED] How do I check what user agent curl is using?

Issue

I'm attempting using curl to monitor the contents of a page served by a remote HTTP server (which I have very little control over), and for some reason the server is returning different results depending on what machine I'm running curl from. I suspect this might be due to a difference in the user agent strings curl is using on each machine.

How do I check (not set) what user agent string curl is sending to the remote server in its HTTP requests?

Solution

Use the --verbose option to see all the headers sent by curl, including User-Agent:

A line starting with '>' means "header data" sent by curl

For example:

$ curl --verbose 'http://www.google.com/'
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.37.0
> Host: www.google.com
> Accept: */*

Answered By - TachyonVortex

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)