internet on command prompt ?

fireflyanant · 04-06-2005, 12:12 PM

i wanted to know if internet can be used from command prompt too ? and if yes how ? like it would be wonderful if someone of u cud provide me with some link to reading material .

Thanking you.
fireflyanant.

knoxlinuxuser · 04-06-2005, 12:21 PM

Since the command line supports only text, you could only view the text portions of the webpage.

Check out lynx text browser.

Here is a fairly useful guide to Lynx: http://library.albany.edu/internet/lynx.html

Here is how to get it: http://lynx.isc.org/current/

mmmm · 04-06-2005, 12:25 PM

Of course yes !!!
You can use :
- lynx (or links) - text web browser
- ftp (or ncftp) - text ftp client
and many others.

reddazz · 04-06-2005, 12:28 PM

Another text mode browser is elinks. You can also check your email with mutt or pine.

calcon · 04-06-2005, 03:18 PM

In fact, there is a whole thread in the Slackware forum about 3 different choices for console broswers. Here it is: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=307128

calcon