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.TH URLGET 1
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.SH NAME
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urlget, ftpget, httpget \- retrieve a file from the internet to stdout
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B urlget 
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.RB [ \-h ]
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.RB [ \-d ]
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.RB [ \-p ]
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.RI url
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.P
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.B ftpget 
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.RI host 
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.RI path 
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.RI [user[pass]]
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.P
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.B httpget 
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.RB [ \-h ]
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.RB [ \-d ]
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.RB [ \-p ]
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.RI host
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.RI path
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.de SP
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.if t .sp 0.4
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.if n .sp
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..
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.B Urlget 
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gets a file specified by a URL and copies it to standard output.
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.P
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.B Ftpget
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similarly gets a file from a conventional ftp server, a login name
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and password can be specified.
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.P
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.B Httpget
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is similar to 
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.B urlget,
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but the host and path are specified separately without a scheme, as with
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ftpget. 
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-h
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show the status line and MIME header from the server.
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.P
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.B \-d
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discard the file body.
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.P
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.B \-p
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use POST method, otherwise use GET.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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.TP 15n
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.EX "urlget http://minix1.woodhull.com/pub/contrib/file.tar.Z > file.tar.Z" "Download file.tar.Z"
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.EX "ftpget minix1.woodhull.com /pub/contrib/README.txt > README.txt" "Get a file from an anonymous ftp server"
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.EX "httpget -dh minix1.woodhull.com/index.html" "Inspect the header of a web page"
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.SH NOTES
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These commands execute the same binary under different names. These commands
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provide a lightweight non-interactive command-line method of downloading a 
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file or inspecting the status of a web page. Data retrieved are written 
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to standard output.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Michael Temari <Michael@TemWare.Com>
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.P
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Man page compiled by Al Woodhull <asw@woodhull.com>
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.\" rev 2006-06-16
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