I have done something in a bash script and my cURL command is no longer showing the status bar. I need to save the HTTP response code to a variable, $status:
I have:
status=$(curl -s -S -o curl.tmp -w %{http_code} --progress-bar -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -T "$FILE_TO_UPLOAD" "$FILE_ON_REMOTE_SERVER" )
status=$(($status + 0)) # force integer
if [[ $status > 400 ]]; then
# an error occurred; do something
fi
Why isn't the progress bar displaying?
Using the -s option for "silent mode" will prevent curl from showing the progress bar:
From the curl man page:
-s,--silentSilent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes Curl mute. It will still output the data you ask for, potentially even to the terminal/stdout unless you redirect it.
Use
-S,--show-errorin addition to this option to disable progress meter but still show error messages.See also
-v,--verboseand--stderr.
