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 Example: --request-target "*" -X OPTIONS $URL 8 --- 9 Tells curl to use an alternative "target" (path) instead of using the path as 10 provided in the URL. Particularly useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests 11 without leading slash or other data that does not follow the regular URL 12 pattern, like "OPTIONS *". 13