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title: 'dav get'
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**`dav get [-pcRK] [-o <file>] [-u <date>] [-V <version>] <url>`**
Downloads a resource. This command also downloads collections and its child resources when the **`-R`** option is used.
When downloading a single resource, the default local file name is the resource
name. When downloading collections, it does **not** create a local directory with
the collection's name and places its children in there, but it downloads the
children directly to the current working directory.
**`-p`** disable file name and content decryption. You get exactly what is stored
on the server.
**`-c`** enable file name and content decryption
**`-R`** download a collection
**`-K`** download only files that don't exist locally
**`-o <file>`** specify the local output file. A **-** indicates stdout
**`-u <date>`** download only files which are modified since the specified date. Uses the HTTP date format
**`-V <version>`** downloads a specific version of the resource. Available versions can be listed with the *list-versions* command