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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index d84d42cc6..27894d562 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ getting many files from the same server will not do multiple connects / handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl invokes. +.SH "PROGRESS METER" +curl normally displays a progress meter during operations, indicating amount +of transfered data, transfer speeds and estimated time left etc. + +However, since curl displays data to the terminal by default, if you invoke +curl to do an operation and it is about to write data to the terminal, it +\fIdisables\fP the progress meter as otherwise it would mess up the output +mixing progress meter and response data. + +If you want a progress meter for HTTP POST or PUT requests, you need to +redirect the response output to a file, using shell redirect (>), -o [file] or +similar. + +It is not the same case for FTP upload as that operation is not spitting out +any response data to the terminal. + +If you prefer a progress "bar" instead of the regular meter, \fI-#\fP is your +friend. .SH OPTIONS .IP "-a/--append" (FTP) When used in an FTP upload, this will tell curl to append to the target |