1 Long: path-as-is 2 Help: Do not squash .. sequences in URL path 3 Added: 7.42.0 4 Category: curl 5 Example: --path-as-is https://example.com/../../etc/passwd 6 --- 7 Tell curl to not handle sequences of /../ or /./ in the given URL 8 path. Normally curl will squash or merge them according to standards but with 9 this option set you tell it not to do that. 10