How to check whether url is working or not, through linux shell [closed]

Question

How to check whether a particular url is woking or not, through linux shell? I tried through elinks, but it shows:

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Answer 1

You can do it easily using curl (you may have to install curl if you system doesn't already have it).

for example, performing

curl -is [URL YOU WANT TO CHECK] | head -n 1

will return you a http status code. You can then determine the url exists or not from this status code. For example:

curl -is https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21597851/how-to-check-whether-url-is-working-or-not-through-linux-shell | head -n 1

i.e, your question, will return a 200 status code. HTTP/2 200

But another url such as

curl -is https://stackoverflow.com/questions/madeupquestion/example | head -n 1

will return a 404, as it doesn't exist. HTTP/2 404