/usr/local/bin/links -dump "http://somewebpage.com"
Anything in /usr/local is something that has been installed locally on that system. It's not something that comes with Mac OS X.
You can get it here: [link]
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Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2007 2:14:51 am PDT #2787 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Deena - Sep 19, 2007 4:17:02 am PDT #2788 of 25496
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Why not use GoDaddy for hosting? I ask because I am, and have had no problem with them, but I'm wondering now if I should be braced for something.
Gudanov - Sep 19, 2007 5:26:45 am PDT #2789 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
I don't mess around with shell stuff too much in OS X, but I found something interesting that lets you grab web stuff using the command line. You'd call it like:/usr/local/bin/links -dump "http://somewebpage.com"
What is this 'links' thing? I don't have that file (at least at that location).
links is a text based web browser, handy if you need to browse in a SSH shell or something.
wget is also a handy utility to grab files from the web.
wget [link to file on the web]
wget might be a default utility, it is in most all Linux and FreeBSD distributions, but I don't know about OS/X
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2007 5:28:57 am PDT #2790 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
"curl" is the default program that comes with OS X.
tommyrot - Sep 19, 2007 5:59:03 am PDT #2791 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thanks Gud and Tom. My google-fu failed me, due to 'links' getting mostly matches that have nothing to do with the program of that name.
amych - Sep 19, 2007 6:06:03 am PDT #2792 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"curl" is the default program that comes with OS X.
I think of them as quite different - cURL is the automated file-transfer tool that does way more than I ever actually use it for; links is truly a browser -- it started as a free analog of lynx years before lynx was GPL'ed, although the features have diverged a fair bit.
(I mean, if you really want to get into the semantics, then yes, a browser transfers files. But that's not what I mean.)
(edit: oops. I somehow missed the post where curl ~= wget, not curl ~= links. Functional comparison is still true.)
Jessica - Sep 19, 2007 7:52:59 am PDT #2793 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I used GoDaddy for domains until I finally got fed up with the usability issues of their account management site and transferred everything over to Dreamhost (who I also use for hosting). It's a little more expensive, but the value of actually being able to navigate the control panel is worth it to me.
Typo Boy - Sep 19, 2007 8:48:35 am PDT #2794 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Deena, if Go-daddy hosting works for you great. A lot of people find their panels difficult to navigate; I've universally heard their user support sucks.
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2007 2:46:29 pm PDT #2795 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The next time you need a phone, ita, be sure to consult with Stephen Fry.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2007 2:53:21 pm PDT #2796 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My god, he's insane. But he doesn't mention my new phone! ::sniff::