> If you want a simpler progress display than the default, try the
> --progress-bar option.

I think he wants curl to print the statistics just once, after the transfer
is finished, not a progress meter.

Try this:

curl --write "Downloaded %{size_download} bytes in %{time_connect} seconds
(%{speed_download} bytes/s)" http://www.mysite.com

This will print a nice little statistics text after the transfer is done.
The possible variables are:

          url_effective The URL that was fetched last. This is
                         mostly meaningful if you've told curl to
                         follow location: headers.
          http_code The numerical code that was found in the
                         last retrieved HTTP(S) page.
          time_total The total time, in seconds, that the
                         full operation lasted. The time will be
                         displayed with millisecond resolution.
          time_namelookup
                         The time, in seconds, it took from the
                         start until the name resolving was com­
                         pleted.
          time_connect The time, in seconds, it took from the
                         start until the connect to the remote
                         host (or proxy) was completed.
          time_pretransfer
                         The time, in seconds, it took from the
                         start until the file transfer is just
                         about to begin. This includes all pre-
                         transfer commands and negotiations that
                         are specific to the particular proto­
                         col(s) involved.
          size_download The total amount of bytes that were
                         downloaded.
          size_upload The total amount of bytes that were
                         uploaded.
          size_header The total amount of bytes of the down­
                         loaded headers.
          size_request The total amount of bytes that were sent
                         in the HTTP request.
          speed_download The average download speed that curl
                         measured for the complete download.
          speed_upload The average upload speed that curl mea­
                         sured for the complete upload.

See the man page for more details.

/Linus
Received on 2001-04-19