1 Long: max-filesize 2 Arg: <bytes> 3 Help: Maximum file size to download 4 See-also: limit-rate 5 Category: connection 6 --- 7 Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file 8 requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and curl will 9 return with exit code 63. 10 11 A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the 12 number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it 13 gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0) 14 15 **NOTE**: For protocols where the size is not known in advance (including FTP 16 and HTTP) this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being 17 larger than the given limit. 18