Andrew Libby on 26 Jan 2006 12:48:09 -0000 |
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 > > In addition to the suggestions of Mark and Eric, there's the Perl LWP command GET that's usually setup when perl LWP is installed. I believe it's installed with perl these days. GET http://someplace.com/somefile.mp3 > localfile.mp3 I think curl and wget will have the advantage of naming the local file for you, which is quite convienient. Andy -- Andrew Libby alibby@philadelphiariders.com http://philadelphiariders.com/ Motorcycle Enthusiasm, Fishtown Style 1999 SV650 1999 Laverda 750S 1996 BMWR1100RS 1981 Moto Guzzi CX100 (in Lemans I clothing) ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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