i did this command : curl -I 'http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/cgi/internet/nsor/fortecgi?serviceName=WebNSOR&templateName=detail.htm&requestingHandler=WebNSORDetailHandler&ID=368343543' but stuck but if i did this : curl -I 'http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/cgi/internet/nsor/fortecgi' HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-length: 207 Content-type: text/html Server: Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1 Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:49:14 GMT Via: 1.1 proxy-internet-revproxy Proxy-agent: Oracle-iPlanet-Proxy-Server/4.0 then i try shorten it : curl -I 'http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/cgi/internet/nsor/fortecgi?serviceName=WebNSOR&templateName=detail.htm' stuck too i dont know why seems like if the url contain "=" it stop responding so tried this url removing the "=" (serviceName=WebNSOR to serviceNameWebNSOR) : curl -I 'http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/cgi/internet/nsor/fortecgi?serviceNameWebNSOR' HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-length: 207 Content-type: text/html Server: Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1 Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:50:38 GMT Via: 1.1 proxy-internet-revproxy Proxy-agent: Oracle-iPlanet-Proxy-Server/4.0 why i cant use = ? please assist me