The associated forum post URL from https://forum.rclone.org

https://forum.rclone.org/t/selfupdate-doesnt-seem-to-respect-the-quiet-option/25517/2

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

rclone selfupdate --quiet yelds the following output when it doesn't need to update itself:
rclone is up to date
(the same as without the --quiet option)

What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)

- os/version: ubuntu 18.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 5.3.0-7648-generic (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.16.5
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none

Which OS you are using and how many bits (e.g. Windows 7, 64 bit)

$ cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="18.04 LTS"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://system76.com/pop"
SUPPORT_URL="http://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

Which cloud storage system are you using? (e.g. Google Drive)

N/A

The command you were trying to run (e.g. rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

sudo rclone selfupdate --quiet

A log from the command with the -vv flag (e.g. output from rclone -vv copy /tmp remote:tmp)

2021/08/02 09:22:33 Can't set -v and -q
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