running a browser from the command line...

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:35 pm, Chris W. Parker wrote:
> bruce <mailto:bedouglas at earthlink.net>
>
>     on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:37 PM said:
> > i don't need the display/rendering function, just the ability to
> > accurately return the page text.
>
> that's exactly what wget and curl do.

If you're looking for a "text version" (formatted text, I mean) though, then 
you can use lynx or links. Do a "man lynx" and "man links", look at the 
option -dump. However, lynx's dump and links' dump do different thing. Try it 
out to understant clearer.

RDB

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Reuben D. Budiardja
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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