Curl - Hide progress bar using the -s or --silent flag

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: June 24 2022
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By default, curl will display a progress bar, like this.
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 32534 100 32534 0 0 5295k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 5295k
The -s or --silent option can be used to not display the progress bar.
curl --silent --url http://www.example.com/index.html
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