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1.1     ! misho       1: Long: range
        !             2: Short: r
        !             3: Help: Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
        !             4: Arg: <range>
        !             5: Protocols: HTTP FTP SFTP FILE
        !             6: ---
        !             7: Retrieve a byte range (i.e. a partial document) from an HTTP/1.1, FTP or SFTP
        !             8: server or a local FILE. Ranges can be specified in a number of ways.
        !             9: .RS
        !            10: .TP 10
        !            11: .B 0-499
        !            12: specifies the first 500 bytes
        !            13: .TP
        !            14: .B 500-999
        !            15: specifies the second 500 bytes
        !            16: .TP
        !            17: .B -500
        !            18: specifies the last 500 bytes
        !            19: .TP
        !            20: .B 9500-
        !            21: specifies the bytes from offset 9500 and forward
        !            22: .TP
        !            23: .B 0-0,-1
        !            24: specifies the first and last byte only(*)(HTTP)
        !            25: .TP
        !            26: .B 100-199,500-599
        !            27: specifies two separate 100-byte ranges(*) (HTTP)
        !            28: .RE
        !            29: .IP
        !            30: (*) = NOTE that this will cause the server to reply with a multipart
        !            31: response!
        !            32: 
        !            33: Only digit characters (0-9) are valid in the 'start' and 'stop' fields of the
        !            34: \&'start-stop' range syntax. If a non-digit character is given in the range,
        !            35: the server's response will be unspecified, depending on the server's
        !            36: configuration.
        !            37: 
        !            38: You should also be aware that many HTTP/1.1 servers do not have this feature
        !            39: enabled, so that when you attempt to get a range, you'll instead get the whole
        !            40: document.
        !            41: 
        !            42: FTP and SFTP range downloads only support the simple 'start-stop' syntax
        !            43: (optionally with one of the numbers omitted). FTP use depends on the extended
        !            44: FTP command SIZE.
        !            45: 
        !            46: If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.