[bug #59715] -q --quiet option is not clear enough in man pages

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: -q --quiet option is not clear enough in man pages
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 17 Dec 2020 09:49:42 PM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: croraf
        Originator Email: vrafaeli@msn.com
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 1.20
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: No
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

-q --quiet option is not clear enough.

It does not "Turn off Wget's output", it just does not put the "status
information" into the output.

For example "-O -" can still output the response body into the output, so
output is not turned off with -q.




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