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Print status code and timing data after the transfer.

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Section: Basics and Output

Write response metadata

bash
bash
curl -s -o /dev/null -w 'status=%{http_code} time=%{time_total}\n' https://example.com
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`-w` / `--write-out` is great for monitoring, scripts, and diagnostics.

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