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Is there any way to get the size of a remote file without downloading it?

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Mar 15, 20263868 views

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Is it at all possible to get the size of a remote file without downloading it? The file is over HTTP, not (S)FTP. I want to know this because I want to download something while connected with a limited 3G wireless plan and I don't want to use all my bandwidth in one pop. I have no access to the ser…

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You can do this by getting the header, so long as it is HTTP. One way of doing this on the command line is with , for example: is in bytes.

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Is there any way to get the size of a remote file without downloading it?

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