curl-curl/docs/cmdline-opts/request-target.md
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docs: fix typos
After Gmail called out the typo I fixed on
532d89a866, I've decided to paste the
whole man page into Google docs and check what other issues it would
spot.

I know, it sounds silly, but I've just spent the last hour and a half
going over each one of them and fixing everything which was a true
finding and non-controversial.

Closes #17480
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c SPDX-License-Identifier Long Arg Help Protocols Added Category Multi See-also Example
Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. curl request-target <path> Specify the target for this request HTTP 7.55.0 http single
request
--request-target "*" -X OPTIONS $URL

--request-target

Use an alternative target (path) instead of using the path as provided in the URL. Particularly useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests without leading slash or other data that does not follow the regular URL pattern, like "OPTIONS *".

curl passes on the verbatim string you give it in the request without any filter or other safe guards. That includes white space and control characters.