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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index c92c5e2e7..3ce2bfab0 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ any response data to the terminal. If you prefer a progress "bar" instead of the regular meter, \fI-#\fP is your friend. .SH OPTIONS +Options start with one or two dashes. Many of the options require an addition +value next to it. + +The short "single-dash" form of the options, -d for example, may be used with +or without a space between it and its value, although a space is a recommended +separator. The long "double-dash" form, --data for example, requires a space +between it and its value. + +Short version options that don't need any additional values can be used +immediately next to each other, like for example you can specify all the +options -O, -L and -v at once as -OLv. + In general, all boolean options are enabled with --\fBoption\fP and yet again disabled with --\fBno-\fPoption. That is, you use the exact same option name but prefix it with "no-". However, in this list we mostly only list and show |