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Date:      Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:14:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie)
To:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: non-interactive http
Message-ID:  <m0tP1VU-000AmcC@agora.rdrop.com>
In-Reply-To: <199512110144.RAA10908@freefall.freebsd.org> from "owner-hackers-digest@freefall.freebsd.org" at Dec 10, 95 05:44:40 pm

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> Subject: Does anybody knows a way to get file via HTTP non-interactively?

lynx -source url > file

The "echo | socket" method will give you a file with mime headers and
things that you'll have to clean up; this gives you a clean file.  "www"
(the CERN line mode browser) will do it with less overhead, but you're
more likely to have lynx around already.

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