httprobe:tldr:e29d6

httprobe: Only check for HTTP if HTTPS is not working.

$ cat ${input_file} | httprobe --prefer-https

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This command is composed of two parts: cat ${input_file} and httprobe --prefer-https.

cat ${input_file}: This uses the cat command to read the contents of a file specified by the ${input_file} variable. The cat command is used to concatenate and display the contents of files. In this case, it is used to read the contents of the file referenced by the ${input_file} variable.
httprobe --prefer-https: This is a separate command, httprobe, which is a tool used for quickly checking the availability of HTTP and HTTPS URLs. The --prefer-https option is used to prioritize HTTPS URL requests over HTTP. This means that if both HTTP and HTTPS versions of a URL are available, the httprobe tool will select the HTTPS version to probe.

To summarize, the given command takes the contents of a file specified by the ${input_file} variable, passes it as input to the httprobe command, and checks the availability of HTTP and HTTPS URLs, preferring HTTPS when both are available.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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