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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.