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Most Unix type systems (Linux, Mac OSX, etc) come with 'curl', another useful command line tool that can also download files. curl Curl can also use the .netrc file and can therefore be used to verify the credentials are set correctly. Since curl only downloads one file at a time, you should pick one file and run a test as follows:
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If this is successful, it will save the downloaded data as a file called 'test' in your current directory and , showing that your .netrc file is valid.
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