Long: request-target Arg: Help: Specify the target for this request Protocols: HTTP Added: 7.55.0 Category: http Example: --request-target "*" -X OPTIONS $URL --- 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 doesn't follow the regular URL pattern, like "OPTIONS *".