1 Long: request-target 2 Arg: <path> 3 Help: Specify the target for this request 4 Protocols: HTTP 5 Added: 7.55.0 6 Category: http 7 --- 8 Tells curl to use an alternative "target" (path) instead of using the path as 9 provided in the URL. Particularly useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests 10 without leading slash or other data that doesn't follow the regular URL 11 pattern, like "OPTIONS *". 12