c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, , et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: silent Short: s Help: Silent mode See-also: verbose stderr no-progress-meter Category: important verbose Example: -s $URL Added: 4.0 Multi: boolean --- Silent or quiet mode. Do not show progress meter or error messages. Makes Curl mute. It still outputs the data you ask for, potentially even to the terminal/stdout unless you redirect it. Use --show-error in addition to this option to disable progress meter but still show error messages.