downloading a file from command line

[afflictedd2]

Hi everyone,

I connect to a computer through ssh, but I want to download a file
through the commandline on that computer, found in an ftp website:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/

how to I do this?

Ted

 

[Mikuro]

You can use curl to download from http or ftp. For example:

curl ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.0.tar.bz2.sig > YOUR_FILE_NAME_HERE

curl sends the downloaded data to stdout, which is why you need to specifically save it to a file yourself. I like wget for downloading straight to disk, but it's not standard in OS X (you can install it via MacPorts if you like).

 

[simbalala]

Somewhere along the line I found a link to a copy of wget compiled for OSX, I've attached it.

It's a little easier to use than curl.

 

[macieks72]

Or if you want you can install the wget tool from MacPorts