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  1. @hrwgc hrwgc created this gist Nov 13, 2013.
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    #!/bin/bash

    # simple function to check http response code before downloading a remote file
    # example usage:
    # if `validate_url $url >/dev/null`; then dosomething; else echo "does not exist"; fi


    function validate_url(){
    if [[ `wget -S --spider $1 2>&1 | grep 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'` ]]; then echo "true"; fi
    }