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