cURL suppress response body

Is it possible instruct cURL to suppress output of response body?

In my case, the response body is an HTML page, which overflows the CLI buffer, making it difficult to find the relevant information. I want to examine the other parts of the output such as HTTP response code, headers, e.t.c. - everything except the actual HTML.

You can use the -o switch and null pseudo-file :

Unix

curl -s -o /dev/null -v http://google.com

Windows

curl -s -o nul -v http://google.com

Here's a way to suppress all curl output and headers, with the option of still showing errors if they occur. Useful for cron jobs or automated testing.

Unix

To suppress all output:

curl --silent --output /dev/null http://example.com

To suppress output but still show errors if they occur:

curl --silent --output /dev/null --show-error --fail http://example.com

Windows

To suppress all output:

curl --silent --output nul http://example.com

To suppress output but still show errors if they occur:

curl --silent --output nul --show-error --fail http://example.com

Parameters Explained

--silent suppresses the download-in-progress stats (but will still show HTML output)
--output /dev/null hides successful output
--show-error shows errors, even when silent mode is enabled
--fail will raise an error if HTTP response is an error code (404, 500 etc.) instead of merely DNS/TCP errors.

UPDATE: I realise the original author wanted to inspect the headers and response code of a request rather than silencing everything. See samael's answer for details on how to do that.