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I need to download XQuartz-2.7.6.dmg file. Being on cellular internet I should know the size of the file before downloading it - it there any way know that in OS X?

I saw a similar question, but I cannot realise how to use the asnwer there.

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As simple as the link you post for similar question. Run curl command from terminal application. Here's an example output:

# curl --head "http://xquartz-dl.macosforge.org/SL/XQuartz-2.7.6.dmg"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:43:12 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2
Last-Modified: Sat, 17 May 2014 08:03:34 GMT
ETag: "2200b5-40d1599-4f993f776544f"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 67966361
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/x-apple-diskimage

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  • where should I insert this command?
    – Ilan
    Jul 26, 2014 at 10:04
  • Terminal application
    – Faiz R
    Jul 26, 2014 at 10:05

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