default to silent when parallel used

* docs: update README.md [skip ci]

* docs: update .all-contributorsrc [skip ci]

---------

Co-authored-by: allcontributors[bot] <46447321+allcontributors[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.all-contributorsrc

@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16690056?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/n0kovo",
       "contributions": [
-        "ideas"
+        "ideas",
+        "bug"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -691,6 +692,78 @@
       "contributions": [
         "ideas"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "manugramm",
+      "name": "manugramm",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/145961515?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/manugramm",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "ArthurMuraro",
+      "name": "ArthurMuraro",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73059809?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/ArthurMuraro",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "amiremami",
+      "name": "Shadow",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15929497?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/amiremami",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "dirhamgithub",
+      "name": "dirhamgithub",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115349974?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/dirhamgithub",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "FieldOfRice",
+      "name": "FieldOfRice",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/85353?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/FieldOfRice",
+      "contributions": [
+        "infra"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "NotoriousRebel",
+      "name": "Matt",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36310667?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/NotoriousRebel",
+      "contributions": [
+        "ideas"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "tritoke",
+      "name": "Sam Leonard",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34941249?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/tritoke",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "rew1nter",
+      "name": "Rewinter",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64508791?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/rew1nter",
+      "contributions": [
+        "ideas"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -102,22 +102,28 @@ jobs:
           name: x86_64-linux-debug-feroxbuster
           path: target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debug/feroxbuster
 
-  # build-deb:
-  #   needs: [build-nix]
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #     - uses: actions/checkout@master
-  #     - name: Install cargo-deb
-  #       run: cargo install -f cargo-deb
-  #     - name: Install musl toolchain
-  #       run: rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-  #     - name: Deb Build
-  #       run: cargo deb --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-  #     - name: Upload Deb Artifact
-  #       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-  #       with:
-  #         name: feroxbuster_amd64.deb
-  #         path: ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debian/*
+  build-deb:
+    needs: [build-nix]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      IN_PIPELINE: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - name: Install cargo-deb
+        run: cargo install -f cargo-deb
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@v1
+        with:
+          packages: musl-tools # provides musl-gcc
+          version: 1.0
+      - name: Install musl toolchain
+        run: rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+      - name: Deb Build
+        run: cargo deb --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+      - name: Upload Deb Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: feroxbuster_amd64.deb
+          path: ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debian/*
 
   build-macos:
     env:

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: nextest
-          args: run --all-features --all-targets --retries 10
+          args: run --all-features --all-targets
 
   fmt:
     name: Rust fmt

Cargo.toml

@@ -22,36 +22,36 @@ build = "build.rs"
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
-clap_complete = "4.4"
-regex = "1.10"
+clap = { version = "4.3", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap_complete = "4.3"
+regex = "1.9"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 dirs = "5.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 scraper = "0.18"
 futures = "0.3"
-tokio = { version = "1.35", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.29", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.10"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["socks", "native-tls-alpn"] }
 # uses feature unification to add 'serde' to reqwest::Url
-url = { version = "2.5", features = ["serde"] }
+url = { version = "2.4", features = ["serde"] }
 serde_regex = "1.1"
-clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.3", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 toml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-uuid = { version = "1.6", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.4", features = ["v4"] }
 # last known working version of indicatif; 0.17.5 has a bug that causes the 
 # scan menu to fail spectacularly 
 indicatif = { version = "0.17.3" }
 console = "0.15"
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 dirs = "5.0"
-regex = "1.10"
+regex = "1.9"
 crossterm = "0.27"
 rlimit = "0.10"
 ctrlc = "3.4"
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ self_update = { version = "0.36", features = [
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.9"
+tempfile = "3.6"
 httpmock = "0.6"
 assert_cmd = "2.0"
-predicates = "3.1"
+predicates = "3.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true

Makefile.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rm ferox-*.state
 # dependency management
 [tasks.upgrade-deps]
 command = "cargo"
-args = ["upgrade", "--exclude", "indicatif", "--exclude", "self_update"]
+args = ["upgrade", "--exclude", "indicatif, self_update"]
 
 [tasks.update]
 command = "cargo"
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
 [tasks.test]
 clear = true
 script = """
-cargo nextest run --all-features --all-targets --retries 10
+cargo nextest run --all-features --all-targets
 """

README.md

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/hunter0x8"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46222314?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Muhammad Ahsan"/><br /><sub><b>Muhammad Ahsan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Ahunter0x8" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/cortantief"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34527333?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="cortantief"/><br /><sub><b>cortantief</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Acortantief" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/commits?author=cortantief" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/dsaxton"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2658661?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Daniel Saxton"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Saxton</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-dsaxton" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/commits?author=dsaxton" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/n0kovo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16690056?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="n0kovo"/><br /><sub><b>n0kovo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-n0kovo" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/n0kovo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16690056?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="n0kovo"/><br /><sub><b>n0kovo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-n0kovo" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3An0kovo" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://ring0.lol"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1893909?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Justin Steven"/><br /><sub><b>Justin Steven</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-justinsteven" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/7047payloads"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95562424?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="7047payloads"/><br /><sub><b>7047payloads</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/commits?author=7047payloads" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/unkn0wnsyst3m"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21272239?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="unkn0wnsyst3m"/><br /><sub><b>unkn0wnsyst3m</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-unkn0wnsyst3m" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
@@ -302,6 +302,16 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/RavySena"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67729597?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="RavySena"/><br /><sub><b>RavySena</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-RavySena" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/stuhlmann"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11061864?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Florian Stuhlmann"/><br /><sub><b>Florian Stuhlmann</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Astuhlmann" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/Mister7F"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35213773?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Mister7F"/><br /><sub><b>Mister7F</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-Mister7F" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/manugramm"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/145961515?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="manugramm"/><br /><sub><b>manugramm</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Amanugramm" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/ArthurMuraro"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73059809?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="ArthurMuraro"/><br /><sub><b>ArthurMuraro</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3AArthurMuraro" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/amiremami"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15929497?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Shadow"/><br /><sub><b>Shadow</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Aamiremami" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/dirhamgithub"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115349974?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="dirhamgithub"/><br /><sub><b>dirhamgithub</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/issues?q=author%3Adirhamgithub" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/FieldOfRice"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/85353?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="FieldOfRice"/><br /><sub><b>FieldOfRice</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-FieldOfRice" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/NotoriousRebel"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36310667?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Matt"/><br /><sub><b>Matt</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-NotoriousRebel" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/tritoke"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34941249?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Sam Leonard"/><br /><sub><b>Sam Leonard</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/commits?author=tritoke" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/rew1nter"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64508791?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rewinter"/><br /><sub><b>Rewinter</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-rew1nter" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>

install-nix.sh

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ elif [[ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]]; then
     rm "$LIN64_ZIP"
   fi
 
-  if [[ -e ~/.fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf ]]; then
+  if [[ "$(fc-list NotoColorEmoji | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]]; then
     echo "[=] Found Noto Emoji Font, skipping install"
   else
     echo "[=] Installing Noto Emoji Font"

shell_completions/_feroxbuster

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ _feroxbuster() {
 '--depth=[Maximum recursion depth, a depth of 0 is infinite recursion (default\: 4)]:RECURSION_DEPTH: ' \
 '-L+[Limit total number of concurrent scans (default\: 0, i.e. no limit)]:SCAN_LIMIT: ' \
 '--scan-limit=[Limit total number of concurrent scans (default\: 0, i.e. no limit)]:SCAN_LIMIT: ' \
-'--parallel=[Run parallel feroxbuster instances (one child process per url passed via stdin)]:PARALLEL_SCANS: ' \
+'(-v --verbosity)--parallel=[Run parallel feroxbuster instances (one child process per url passed via stdin)]:PARALLEL_SCANS: ' \
 '(--auto-tune)--rate-limit=[Limit number of requests per second (per directory) (default\: 0, i.e. no limit)]:RATE_LIMIT: ' \
 '--time-limit=[Limit total run time of all scans (ex\: --time-limit 10m)]:TIME_SPEC: ' \
 '-w+[Path or URL of the wordlist]:FILE:_files' \

shell_completions/feroxbuster.bash

@@ -34,7 +34,18 @@ _feroxbuster() {
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --resume-from)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --proxy)
@@ -178,15 +189,48 @@ _feroxbuster() {
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --server-certs)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --client-cert)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --client-key)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --threads)
@@ -226,11 +270,33 @@ _feroxbuster() {
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --wordlist)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 -w)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --collect-backups)
@@ -250,15 +316,48 @@ _feroxbuster() {
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --output)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 -o)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 --debug-log)
+                    local oldifs
+                    if [[ -v IFS ]]; then
+                        oldifs="$IFS"
+                    fi
+                    IFS=$'\n'
                     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f "${cur}"))
+                    if [[ -v oldifs ]]; then
+                        IFS="$oldifs"
+                    fi
+                    if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge 4 ]]; then
+                        compopt -o filenames
+                    fi
                     return 0
                     ;;
                 *)

src/config/container.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     env::{current_dir, current_exe},
     fs::read_to_string,
-    path::PathBuf,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
 /// macro helper to abstract away repetitive configuration updates
@@ -576,9 +576,7 @@ impl Configuration {
         //   - current directory
 
         // merge a config found at /etc/feroxbuster/ferox-config.toml
-        let config_file = PathBuf::new()
-            .join("/etc/feroxbuster")
-            .join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME);
+        let config_file = Path::new("/etc/feroxbuster").join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME);
         Self::parse_and_merge_config(config_file, config)?;
 
         // merge a config found at ~/.config/feroxbuster/ferox-config.toml
@@ -793,7 +791,12 @@ impl Configuration {
                 .collect();
         }
 
-        if came_from_cli!(args, "silent") {
+        if came_from_cli!(args, "quiet") {
+            config.quiet = true;
+            config.output_level = OutputLevel::Quiet;
+        }
+
+        if came_from_cli!(args, "silent") || (config.parallel > 0 && !config.quiet) {
             // the reason this is protected by an if statement:
             // consider a user specifying silent = true in ferox-config.toml
             // if the line below is outside of the if, we'd overwrite true with
@@ -806,11 +809,6 @@ impl Configuration {
             };
         }
 
-        if came_from_cli!(args, "quiet") {
-            config.quiet = true;
-            config.output_level = OutputLevel::Quiet;
-        }
-
         if came_from_cli!(args, "auto_tune")
             || came_from_cli!(args, "smart")
             || came_from_cli!(args, "thorough")

src/event_handlers/statistics.rs

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl StatsHandler {
 
         self.bar.finish();
 
-        log::debug!("{:#?}", *self.stats);
+        log::info!("{:#?}", *self.stats);
         log::trace!("exit: start");
         Ok(())
     }

src/main.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
     io::{stderr, BufRead, BufReader},
     ops::Index,
     path::Path,
-    process::{exit, Command},
+    process::{exit, Command, Stdio},
     sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc},
 };
 
@@ -325,9 +325,15 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
     // create new Tasks object, each of these handles is one that will be joined on later
     let tasks = Tasks::new(out_task, stats_task, filters_task, scan_task);
 
-    if !config.time_limit.is_empty() {
+    if !config.time_limit.is_empty() && config.parallel == 0 {
         // --time-limit value not an empty string, need to kick off the thread that enforces
         // the limit
+        //
+        // if --parallel is used, this branch won't execute in the main process, but will in the
+        // children. This is because --parallel is stripped from the children's command line
+        // arguments, so, when spawned, they won't have --parallel, the parallel value will be set
+        // to the default of 0, and will hit this branch. This makes it so that the time limit
+        // is enforced on each individual child process, instead of the main process
         let time_handles = handles.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move { scan_manager::start_max_time_thread(time_handles).await });
     }
@@ -370,8 +376,7 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
 
         let invocation = args();
 
-        let para_regex =
-            Regex::new("--stdin|-q|--quiet|--silent|--verbosity|-v|-vv|-vvv|-vvvv").unwrap();
+        let para_regex = Regex::new("--stdin").unwrap();
 
         // remove stdin since only the original process will process targets
         // remove quiet and silent so we can force silent later to normalize output
@@ -379,8 +384,6 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
             .filter(|s| !para_regex.is_match(s))
             .collect::<Vec<String>>();
 
-        original.push("--silent".to_string()); // only output modifier allowed
-
         // we need remove --parallel from command line so we don't hit this branch over and over
         // but we must remove --parallel N manually; the filter above never sees --parallel and the
         // value passed to it at the same time, so can't filter them out in one pass
@@ -455,16 +458,32 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
 
             log::debug!("parallel exec: {} {}", bin, args.join(" "));
 
-            tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-                let result = Command::new(bin)
+            tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+                let mut output = Command::new(bin)
                     .args(&args)
+                    .stdout(Stdio::piped())
                     .spawn()
-                    .expect("failed to spawn a child process")
-                    .wait()
-                    .expect("child process errored during execution");
+                    .expect("failed to spawn a child process");
 
+                let stdout = output.stdout.take().unwrap();
+
+                let mut bufread = BufReader::new(stdout);
+                // output for a single line is a minimum of 51 bytes, so we'll start with that
+                // + a little wiggle room, and grow as needed
+                let mut buf: String = String::with_capacity(128);
+
+                while let Ok(n) = bufread.read_line(&mut buf) {
+                    if n > 0 {
+                        let trimmed = buf.trim();
+                        if !trimmed.is_empty() {
+                            println!("{}", trimmed);
+                        }
+                        buf.clear();
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
                 drop(permit);
-                result
             });
         }
 
@@ -646,7 +665,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 // print the banner to stderr
                 let std_stderr = stderr(); // std::io::stderr
                 let banner = Banner::new(&targets, &config);
-                if !config.quiet && !config.silent {
+                if (!config.quiet && !config.silent) || config.parallel != 0 {
                     banner.print_to(std_stderr, config).unwrap();
                 }
             }

src/parser.rs

@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ pub fn initialize() -> Command {
                 .num_args(1..)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .help_heading("Request settings")
-                .use_value_delimiter(true)
                 .help(
                     "Specify HTTP headers to be used in each request (ex: -H Header:val -H 'stuff: things')",
                 ),
@@ -486,6 +485,7 @@ pub fn initialize() -> Command {
             Arg::new("parallel")
                 .long("parallel")
                 .value_name("PARALLEL_SCANS")
+                .conflicts_with("verbosity")
                 .num_args(1)
                 .requires("stdin")
                 .help_heading("Scan settings")
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ pub fn initialize() -> Command {
                 .args(["debug_log", "output", "silent"])
                 .multiple(true),
         )
+        .group(
+            ArgGroup::new("output_limiters")
+                .args(["quiet", "silent"])
+                .multiple(false),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("update_app")
                 .short('U')

src/response.rs

@@ -423,8 +423,12 @@ impl FeroxSerialize for FeroxResponse {
         let mut url_with_redirect = match (
             self.status().is_redirection(),
             self.headers().get("Location").is_some(),
+            matches!(
+                self.output_level,
+                OutputLevel::Silent | OutputLevel::SilentJSON
+            ),
         ) {
-            (true, true) => {
+            (true, true, false) => {
                 // redirect with Location header, show where it goes if possible
                 let loc = self
                     .headers()

src/scanner/ferox_scanner.rs

@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ impl FeroxScanner {
                 .url(&self.target_url)
                 .handles(self.handles.clone())
                 .build()?;
-
-            let result = extractor.extract().await?;
-            extraction_tasks.push(extractor.request_links(result).await?)
+            if let Ok(result) = extractor.extract().await {
+                extraction_tasks.push(extractor.request_links(result).await?)
+            }
         }
 
         let scanned_urls = self.handles.ferox_scans()?;

tests/test_banner.rs

@@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ fn banner_prints_parallel() {
     Command::cargo_bin("feroxbuster")
         .unwrap()
         .arg("--stdin")
+        .arg("--quiet")
         .arg("--parallel")
         .arg("4316")
         .arg("--wordlist")

tests/test_main.rs

@@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ fn main_parallel_spawns_children() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     Command::cargo_bin("feroxbuster")
         .unwrap()
+        .env("RUST_LOG", "trace")
         .arg("--stdin")
         .arg("--parallel")
         .arg("2")
-        .arg("-vvvv")
+        .arg("--quiet")
         .arg("--debug-log")
         .arg(outfile.as_os_str())
         .arg("--wordlist")
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ fn main_parallel_creates_output_directory() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
     Command::cargo_bin("feroxbuster")
         .unwrap()
         .arg("--stdin")
+        .arg("--quiet")
         .arg("--parallel")
         .arg("2")
         .arg("--output")

tests/test_policies.rs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn auto_bail_cancels_scan_with_timeouts() {
     let error_mock = srv.mock(|when, then| {
         when.method(GET)
             .path_matches(Regex::new("/[a-zA-Z]{6}error[a-zA-Z]{6}").unwrap());
-        then.delay(Duration::new(3, 0))
+        then.delay(Duration::new(2, 5000))
             .status(200)
             .body("verboten, nerd");
     });
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn auto_bail_cancels_scan_with_timeouts() {
     Command::cargo_bin("feroxbuster")
         .unwrap()
         .arg("--url")
-        .arg(srv.url("/"))
+        .arg(&srv.url("/"))
         .arg("--wordlist")
         .arg(file.as_os_str())
         .arg("--auto-bail")
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ fn auto_bail_cancels_scan_with_timeouts() {
         .arg("--timeout")
         .arg("2")
         .arg("--threads")
-        .arg("4")
+        .arg("8")
         .arg("--debug-log")
         .arg(logfile.as_os_str())
-        .arg("-vvvv")
+        .arg("-vv")
         .arg("--json")
         .assert()
         .success();
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn auto_bail_cancels_scan_with_403s() {
         .arg("4")
         .arg("--debug-log")
         .arg(logfile.as_os_str())
-        .arg("-vvvv")
+        .arg("-vv")
         .arg("--json")
         .assert()
         .success();
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fn auto_bail_cancels_scan_with_429s() {
         .arg("4")
         .arg("--debug-log")
         .arg(logfile.as_os_str())
-        .arg("-vvvv")
+        .arg("-vvv")
         .arg("--json")
         .assert()
         .success();