Curl get response headers

Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data between a local computer and a remote server

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Curl get response headers
Curl get response headers

Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data between a local computer and a remote server.

When using curl you can download or upload data using protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SCP , SFTP and FTP .

The Curl command is pre-installed on most Linux distributions. To check if your Linux distribution has Curl installed, press the shortcut key CTRL+ALT+Tto open Terminal, type curl and press Enter.

If curl is installed, the system will print curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information.

Install Curl

Otherwise, the terminal prints the message curl command not found. If you don't have Curl installed, you can install it using your distribution's package manager.

If your computer is running a Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. Please run sudo apt install curl to install Curl.

If your computer is running a Redhat-based Linux distribution, such as CentOS, Fedora, etc. Please run sudo yum install curl to install Curl.

sudo yum install curl
sudo apt install curl

Get HTTP response header

HTTP response headers are colon-separated key/value pairs that contain information such as server type, usually Nginx/Apache, content type, and HTTP status code.

The -I option allows you to view the HTTP response headers of the specified URL resource, as well as custom response headers set in Nginx or Apache.

For example, the command curl -I https://en.myfreax.com/ prints the URL https://www.ubuntu.com/ response header.

curl -I --http2 https://www.ubuntu.com/
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curl is a command-line tool for transferring data between a local computer and a remote server
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