That's why I have this in the shell config and use it daily: alias h='curl -sIX GET -w "Total time: %{time_total} s\n"' It issues a GET request, only prints

That's why I have this in the shell config and use it daily: alias h='curl -sIX GET -w "Total time: %{time_total} s\n"' It issues a GET request, only prints the response headers and displays the time it took.