---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: no-buffer
Short: N
Help: Disable buffering of the output stream
Category: output
Added: 6.5
Multi: boolean
See-also:
  - progress-bar
Example:
  - --no-buffer $URL
---

# `--no-buffer`

Disables the buffering of the output stream. In normal work situations, curl
uses a standard buffered output stream that has the effect that it outputs the
data in chunks, not necessarily exactly when the data arrives. Using this
option disables that buffering.

Note that this is the negated option name documented. You can use --buffer to
enable buffering again.