@@ -1808,6 +1808,7 @@ def main():

     optparser.add_option(      "--version", dest="show_version", action="store_true", help="Show s3cmd version (%s) and exit." % (PkgInfo.version))

     optparser.add_option("-F", "--follow-symlinks", dest="follow_symlinks", action="store_true", default=False, help="Follow symbolic links as if they are regular files")

     optparser.add_option(      "--cache-file", dest="cache_file", action="store", default="",  metavar="FILE", help="Cache FILE containing local source MD5 values")

+    optparser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", dest="quiet", action="store_true", default=False, help="Silence output on stdout")

     optparser.set_usage(optparser.usage + " COMMAND [parameters]")

     optparser.set_description('S3cmd is a tool for managing objects in '+

@@ -1830,6 +1831,10 @@ def main():

         output(u"s3cmd version %s" % PkgInfo.version)

         sys.exit(0)

+    if options.quiet:

+        sys.stdout.close()

+        sys.stdout = open("/dev/null", "w")

+

     ## Now finally parse the config file

     if not options.config:

         error(u"Can't find a config file. Please use --config option.")