Re: [PLUG] HTTP file command line download

[Eric <eric@lucii.org>]

Doug Crompton wrote:
> Ok now for my next question....
>
> I need to download an http file with a command line program.
>
> Something like....
>
> httpdownload -f http://www.someplace.com/somefile.mp3 > mylocalfile
>
> I imagine there would be something in Perl but I did not find anything in
> a fast search.
>
> Doug
>
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Yes there is:  curl or wget will do what you want.
curl 'http://www.someplace.com/somefile.mp3' > /local/somefile.mp3

HTH

Eric
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