#!/usr/bin/perl use LWP::UserAgent; ($ua = LWP::UserAgent->new)->timeout(20); $url = "http://fly.hiwaay.net/~dbwalker/josie.mp3"; if(($ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('HEAD', $url)))->code() == 200) { $redirect = $ua->simple_request(HTTP::Request->new('HEAD', $url)); if ($redirect->code == 301 or $redirect->code == 302) { print "BAD\n"; } else { print "GOOD\n"; } } else { print "BAD\n"; }