Can I use wget to check , but not download

Question

Can I use wget to check for a 404 and not actually download the resource? If so how? Thanks

Answer 1

If you are in a directory where only root have access to write in system. Then you can directly use wget www.example.com/wget-test using a standard user account. So it will hit the url but because of having no write permission file won't be saved.. This method is working fine for me as i am using this method for a cronjob. Thanks.

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