| Long: request-target | |
| Arg: <path> | |
| Help: Specify the target for this request | |
| Protocols: HTTP | |
| Added: 7.55.0 | |
| Category: http | |
| Example: --request-target "*" -X OPTIONS $URL | |
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| Tells curl to use an alternative "target" (path) instead of using the path as | |
| provided in the URL. Particularly useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests | |
| without leading slash or other data that does not follow the regular URL | |
| pattern, like "OPTIONS *". |