---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: etag-compare
Arg: <file>
Help: Load ETag from file
Protocols: HTTP
Added: 7.68.0
Category: http
Multi: single
See-also:
  - etag-save
  - time-cond
Example:
  - --etag-compare etag.txt $URL
---

# `--etag-compare`

Make a conditional HTTP request for the specific ETag read from the given file
by sending a custom If-None-Match header using the stored ETag.

For correct results, make sure that the specified file contains only a single
line with the desired ETag. A non-existing or empty file is treated as an
empty ETag.

Use the option --etag-save to first save the ETag from a response, and then
use this option to compare against the saved ETag in a subsequent request.

Use this option with a single URL only.