I was trying to read up on it and just based off of the manual it seems not to make sense if I’m not using --silent alongside it, but I found this one article stating otherwise: https://nrogap.medium.com/show-error-response-for-curl-64666cd64330

I can’t figure out if it’s just AI slop or badly researched since it doesn’t even show a real URL to test the commands against.

Manual entry: 

       -S, --show-error
              When used with  -s,  --silent,  it
              makes  curl  show an error message
              if it fails.

              This option is global and does not
              need  to be specified for each use
              of -:, --next.

              Providing -S, --show-error  multi‐
              ple  times  has  no  extra effect.
              Disable it again  with  --no-show-
              error.

              Example:
               curl --show-error --silent https://
example.com

              See also --no-progress-meter.
  • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    So based on both the man page and your findings, it’s safe to assume that the medium article is wrong.

    We both see different behavior than what it suggests and that behavior is in alignment with a different, trustworthy source of documentation!

      • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        Over the past five or so years I’ve been regressing my own linux problem solving and question answering process back to a combination of first party documentation and directly observed results.

        It’s been a long strange trip, but I think the days of being able to “just google it” are officially over.