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timguy
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Not really open the page but just to see what's in it or see if it is forwarding your request:

  • Open your terminal (e.g. in windows: "WINDOWS+R", type cmd)
  • Use curl command in terminal:

Use curl in your terminal:curl -v gooogle.com

curl -v https://do.not/neverclickhere ...
> Host: bitgooogle.lycom
> User-Agent: curl/7.83.1
> Accept: */*
>
*<HTML><HEAD><meta Markhttp-equiv="content-type" bundlecontent="text/html; as notcharset=utf-8">
 supporting multiuse 
  <TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
    <<H1>301 HTTPMoved</1.1H1>
 301 Moved Permanently ...The <html>document <head><title>Bitly</title
</head>has <body>moved
<a href="https   <A HREF="https://mycrazystupidsitedonotcklickherewww.com">moved here<google.com/a><">here</body>   A>.
</html>* Connection #0 to host bit.ly left intact</BODY></HTML>

Not really open the page but just to see what's in it or see if it is forwarding your request:

Use curl in your terminal:

curl -v https://do.not/neverclickhere ...
> Host: bit.ly
> User-Agent: curl/7.83.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse 
 
    < HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently ... <html> <head><title>Bitly</title
</head> <body>
<a href="https://mycrazystupidsitedonotcklickhere.com">moved here</a></body>   
</html>* Connection #0 to host bit.ly left intact

Not really open the page but just to see what's in it or see if it is forwarding your request:

  • Open your terminal (e.g. in windows: "WINDOWS+R", type cmd)
  • Use curl command in terminal:

curl -v gooogle.com

Host: gooogle.com
User-Agent: curl/7.83.1
Accept: */*

<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;  charset=utf-8">
    <TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
    <H1>301 Moved</H1>
    The document has moved
    <A HREF="https://www.google.com/">here</A>.
    </BODY></HTML>
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timguy
timguy
  • 131
  • 3

Not really open the page but just to see what's in it or see if it is forwarding your request:

Use curl in your terminal:

curl -v https://do.not/neverclickhere ...
> Host: bit.ly
> User-Agent: curl/7.83.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse 

    < HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently ... <html> <head><title>Bitly</title
</head> <body>
<a href="https://mycrazystupidsitedonotcklickhere.com">moved here</a></body>   
</html>* Connection #0 to host bit.ly left intact