What Are the Most Useful curl Command Options You Should Know? Alternatively: How Can I Master curl C

If you’re into automation, `-w` (write-out) is underrated. You can format curl’s output to just show HTTP codes, timings, etc.

Like:
```
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://example.com
```

Also, `-x` for proxies is clutch if you’re behind corp firewalls.

And yeah, `-v` is great, but `--trace-ascii` dumps *everything*—headers, body, SSL stuff. Overkill but amazing for deep debugging.