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1.1     ! misho       1: Long: max-filesize
        !             2: Arg: <bytes>
        !             3: Help: Maximum file size to download
        !             4: See-also: limit-rate
        !             5: ---
        !             6: Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file
        !             7: requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and curl will
        !             8: return with exit code 63.
        !             9: 
        !            10: A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the
        !            11: number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it
        !            12: gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0)
        !            13: 
        !            14: \fBNOTE:\fP The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such
        !            15: files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger
        !            16: than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers.