#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use WWW::Mechanize; my $url = 'http://example.com'; my $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new( qw/ max_size 1 autocheck 1 show_progress 1 / ); eval { $ua->head($url); 1 } or $ua->get($url); print $ua->dump_headers; __END__