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5 LINUX COMMAND LINE BASED TOOLS FOR DOWNLOADING FILES AND BROWSING WEBSITES

EditorApril 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Categories Download Managers, Top Tools 21
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Linux command-line, the most adventurous and fascinating part of GNU/Linux is a
very cool and powerful tool. A command-line itself is very productive and the
availability of various inbuilt and third-party command-line applications makes
Linux robust and powerful. The Linux Shell supports a variety of web
applications of various kinds be it torrent downloader, dedicated downloader, or
internet surfing.

5 Command-Line Internet Tools

Here we are presenting 5 great command line Internet tools, which are very
useful and prove to be very handy in downloading files in Linux.


1. RTORRENT

rTorrent is a text­-based BitTorrent client which is written in C++ aimed at
high performance. It is available for most of the standard Linux distributions
including FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

INSTALLATION OF RTORRENT IN LINUX

$ sudo apt install rtorrent    (on Debian, Ubuntu, & Mint)
$ sudo dnf install rtorrent    (on Fedora, CentOS & RHEL)
$ sudo pacman -S rtorrent      (on Arch and Manjaro)
$ sudo zypper install rtorrent (on OpenSuse)


Check if rtorrent is installed correctly by running the following command in the
terminal.

$ rtorrent


rTorrent Command Line Tool

FUNCTIONING OF RTORRENT

Some of the useful Key-bindings and their use.

 * CTRL+ q – Quit rTorrent Application
 * CTRL+ s – Start Download
 * CTRL+ d – Stop an active Download or Remove an already stopped Download.
 * CTRL+ k – Stop and Close an active Download.
 * CTRL+ r – Hash Check a torrent before Upload/Download Begins.
 * CTRL+ q – When this key combination is executed twice, rTorrent shutdown
   without sending a stop Signal.
 * Left Arrow Key – Redirect to Previous screen.
 * Right Arrow Key – Redirect to Next Screen


2. WGET



Wget is a part of the GNU Project, the name is derived from World Wide Web
(WWW). Wget is a brilliant tool that is useful for recursive download, offline
viewing of HTML from a local Server and is available for most of the platforms
be it Windows, Mac, Linux.

Wget makes it possible to download files over HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. Moreover, it
can be useful in mirroring the whole website as well as support for proxy
browsing, pausing/resuming Downloads.

INSTALLATION OF WGET IN LINUX

Wget being a GNU project comes bundled with Most of the Standard Linux
Distributions and there is no need to download and install it separately. If in
case, it’s not installed by default, you can still install it using apt, yum, or
dnf.

$ sudo apt install wget    (on Debian, Ubuntu, & Mint)
$ sudo dnf install wget    (on Fedora, CentOS & RHEL)
$ sudo pacman -S wget      (on Arch and Manjaro)
$ sudo zypper install wget (on OpenSuse)


BASIC USAGE OF WGET COMMAND

Download a single file using wget.

# wget http://www.website-name.com/file


Download a whole website, recursively.

# wget -r http://www.website-name.com


Download specific types of files (say pdf and png) from a website.

# wget -r -A png,pdf http://www.website-name.com


Wget is a wonderful tool that enables custom and filtered download even on a
limited resource Machine. A screenshot of wget download, where we are mirroring
a website (Yahoo.com).

Wget Command Line File Download

For more such wget download examples, read our article that shows 10 Wget
Download Command Examples.


3. CURL

a cURL is a command-line tool for transferring data over a number of protocols.
cURL is a client-side application that supports protocols like FTP, HTTP, FTPS,
TFTP, TELNET, IMAP, POP3, etc.

cURL is a simple downloader that is different from wget in supporting LDAP, POP3
as compared to others. Moreover, Proxy Downloading, pausing download, resuming
download are well supported in cURL.

INSTALLATION OF CURL IN LINUX

By default, cURL is available in most of the distribution either in the
repository or installed. if it’s not installed, just do an apt or yum to get a
required package from the repository.

$ sudo apt install curl    (on Debian, Ubuntu, & Mint)
$ sudo dnf install curl    (on Fedora, CentOS & RHEL)
$ sudo pacman -S curl      (on Arch and Manjaro)
$ sudo zypper install curl (on OpenSuse)


BASIC USAGE OF CURL COMMAND

# curl www.tecmint.com


Curl Data Download Curl Download

For more such curl command examples, read our article that shows 15 Tips On How
to Use ‘Curl’ Command in Linux.


4. W3M

The w3m is a text-based web browser released under GPL. W3m support tables,
frames, color, SSL connection, and inline images. W3m is known for fast
browsing.

INSTALLATION OF W3M IN LINUX

Again w3m is available by default in most of the Linux Distribution. If in case,
it is not available you can always apt or yum the required package.

$ sudo apt install w3m    (on Debian, Ubuntu, & Mint)
$ sudo dnf install w3m    (on Fedora, CentOS & RHEL)
$ sudo pacman -S w3m      (on Arch and Manjaro)
$ sudo zypper install w3m (on OpenSuse)


BASIC USAGE OF W3M COMMAND

# w3m www.tecmint.com


w3m Text-Based Web Browser


5. ELINKS

Elinks is a free text-based web browser for Unix and Unix-based systems. Elinks
support HTTP, HTTP Cookies and also support browsing scripts in Perl and Ruby.

Tab-based browsing is well supported. The best thing is that it supports Mouse,
Display Colours, and supports a number of protocols like HTTP, FTP, SMB, Ipv4,
and Ipv6.

INSTALLATION OF ELINKS IN LINUX

By default elinks also available in most Linux distributions. If not, install it
via apt or yum.

$ sudo apt install elinks    (on Debian, Ubuntu, & Mint)
$ sudo dnf install elinks    (on Fedora, CentOS & RHEL)
$ sudo pacman -S elinks      (on Arch and Manjaro)
$ sudo zypper install elinks (on OpenSuse)


BASIC USAGE OF ELINKS COMMAND

# elinks www.tecmint.com


Elinks Command Line Web Browsing

That’s all for now. I’ll be here again with an interesting article which you
people will love to read. Till then stay tuned and connected to Tecmint and
don’t forget to give your valuable feedback in the comment section.

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 1. Rajoski
    July 10, 2016 at 12:32 am
    
    i have a script on my server. i am on that server and i want to get a copy
    of that file to my local desktop. Please help me with some command that can
    help to do download the file from server to local machine.
    Thanks in advance.
    
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    * Ravi Saive
      July 11, 2016 at 1:33 pm
      
      @Rajoski,
      
      You should use rsync or scp command to get the file from remote server to
      local, please go through these articles on how to do it..
      
      https://www.tecmint.com/scp-commands-examples/
      https://www.tecmint.com/rsync-local-remote-file-synchronization-commands/
      
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