How to use the HTTP commands GET and

Here's a short tutorial on how to use GET and HEAD commands.

Note: What you have to type is in blue colour.

1. Start a DOS prompt if you're using Windows or a terminal if you're using Unix/Linux.

2. Telnet to the server at port 80. What you have to type is in blue colour. The output is in white.
   Check the screenshot below:

   $ telnet slashdot.org 80
   Trying 216.34.181.45...
   Connected to slashdot.org (216.34.181.45).
   Escape character is '^]'.
   HEAD / HTTP/1.1
   Host: slashdot.org
   Connection: close
   
   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:58:58 GMT
   Server: Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) mod_perl/1.31-rc4
   SLASH_LOG_DATA: shtml
   X-Powered-By: Slash 2.005001234
   X-Fry: I can burp the alphabet. A, B, D ... no, wait ...
   Cache-Control: private
   Pragma: private
   Connection: close
   Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
   
   Connection closed by foreign host.
   

Last Update: December 2008