xh:tldr:9c342

xh: e.g. `{"name": "john", "age": 25}`).

$ xh post ${httpbin-org-post} ${name=john} ${age:=25}

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The given command is using the "xh" ("HTTPie as a CLI HTTP client") tool to make an HTTP POST request to the "${httpbin-org-post}" endpoint with certain parameters.

Here's the breakdown of the command:

"xh": It is a command-line tool used for making HTTP requests.
"post": It is an argument passed to the "xh" command, specifying that we want to make a POST request.
"${httpbin-org-post}": It represents the URL of the endpoint (e.g., https://httpbin.org/post) to which the POST request will be made. The "${httpbin-org-post}" here could be a placeholder for the actual URL.
"${name=john}": This argument indicates a parameter named "name" with a value of "john" will be sent in the POST request. It sets the value of the "name" field as "john".
"${age:=25}": This argument indicates a parameter named "age" with a default value of 25 will be sent in the POST request. If the value of "age" is not provided by the user, it will default to 25.

Overall, the command specifies making an HTTP POST request to the specified endpoint with the provided parameters "name" and "age". The specific values assigned to these parameters are "john" for "name" and "25" as the default value for "age".

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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