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+<h1>httphead</h1>
+
+<h2>Synopsis</h2>
+
+<p>httphead [<var>options</var>] <var>url</var></p>
+
+<h2>Description</h2>
+
+<p>Send a customized HTTP-Request to <var>url</var> and display the HTTP-Response headers.</p>
+
+<h2>Options</h2>
+
+<dl>
+<dt>-r</dt>
+<dd>display also the HTTP-Request</dd>
+<dt>-q</dt>
+<dd>display only the recieved HTTP status code</dd>
+<dt>-n</dt>
+<dd>do not send a User-Agent header with the HTTP-Request</dd>
+<dt>-u <var>agent-string</var></dt>
+<dd>use <var>agent-string</var> as value for the User-Agent header</dd>
+<dt>-a <var>accept-string</var></dt>
+<dd>send an Accept header with the value <var>accept-string</var></dd>
+<dt>-e <var>encoding-string</var></dt>
+<dd>send an Accept-Encoding header with the value <var>encoding-string</var></dd>
+<dt>-c <var>charset-string</var></dt>
+<dd>send an Accept-Charset header with the value <var>charset-string</var></dd>
+<dt>-l <var>language-string</var></dt>
+<dd>send an Accept-Language header with the value <var>language-string</var></dd>
+</dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt>-v</dt>
+<dd>display the version of httphead</dd>
+<dt>-h</dt>
+<dd>display a help message</dd>
+<dt>-b</dt>
+<dd>display the BSD license</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<h2>Requirements</h2>
+
+<p>Unix-like platform and C compiler.</p>
+
+<h2>Download</h2>
+
+<p><a href="httphead.c">httphead.c</a></p>
+
+
+<h2>Bugs</h2>
+
+<p>None known yet. If you find one please report it in the issue tracker.</p>
+
+<h2>Future directions</h2>
+
+<p>Support for Digest HTTP-Auth and HTTPS.</p>
+
+<h2>See also</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/">wget</a> if you want to download more than the headers.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>License</h2>
+
+<p>httphead is released under the BSD license.</p>
+
+<h2>Copyright</h2>
+
+<p>httphead is &copy; 2006 <a href="http://x-way.waterwave.ch/">Andreas Jaggi</a></p>