Download File with no Web Browser (i.e. from cmd line)

davidstvz · 08-16-2008, 08:59 AM

How do I download a file from the web using the console? I have no working xwindows environment (and hence no web browser), but I need to update java.

The url is the width of 5 console screens btw :|

[EDIT]

NM:

wget

You would think this would show up more readily with a google search, but it took me a while to find it.

Nylex · 08-16-2008, 09:34 AM

There's also cURL (though I've never used it myself). FWIW, there are also web browsers you can use in a terminal, namely lynx and links.

davidstvz · 08-16-2008, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

There's also cURL (though I've never used it myself). FWIW, there are also web browsers you can use in a terminal, namely lynx and links.

I figured that, but I hope I will never be compelled to use them

Then again... I can see how they might come in handy now and then. Thanks for the intel.

John VV · 08-16-2008, 06:49 PM

have you heard of wget

Code:

wget --help
man wget

dasy2k1 · 08-16-2008, 06:51 PM

cant beat wget, i even use it from firefox via flash got

davidstvz · 08-16-2008, 09:33 PM

yep, wget got what I needed for me. I even managed to get it installed and configured!