in a Linux shell, can I get HTTP files like it's FTP?

[crimson117]

On my (hosted) linux webserver, I find it convenient to download various plugins and applications via ftp directly to the webserver, without first downloading it to my windows xp computer, then uploading it to the webserver.

But not all sites have FTP for downloading. Is there any command in Linux to get files via http, such as http://linux-app-site.com/newlinuxapp.tar.gz ? Again, it's a hosted server, so I can't go install a gui desktop and mozilla or anything.

 

[CTho9305]

I don't exactly understand the question... but I thinkwget might be useful.

 

[ugh]

wget will do the job just fine. Just perform a:

wget <filename>

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: ugh
wget will do the job just fine. Just perform a:

wget <filename>

Cool, thanks. So wget http://www.thesite.com/thefileiwant.txt will download the file?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yeah, it will. wget is something I use almost daily.

 

[Crusty]

Yep it's great for setting up pre-made scripts on a unix webserver. Saved me soooo much time just downloading the files directly instead of putting on my box then uploading them to the server