[ILUG] Ping (should be: 9.10 netbooks)

[Paulo Jacob]

Hum, I think lynx, curl and wget are tools for different task.
If I wan quick interactive web browsing in text mode that is as close as 
possible to the graphic mode as I think Keith was looking for lynx is 
the solution.
if you want to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the 
supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, 
TELNET, LDAP or FILE) with minimal user interaction then curl is your man.
wget works fine too, but as far as I know it's designed for the download 
of files from the Web.

In the Unix spirit of one tool  to do one task and do it well done. :)

For what it is suppose to do, I don't think lynx is THAT bloated. At all.

Paulo

On 11/12/2009 10:31 AM, Steve McConville wrote:
> 2009/11/12 Kevin Lyda<kevin at ie.suberic.net>:
>    
>>> Lynx is your only man for quick web browsing.
>>>        
>> But Lynx is so bloated.  If you want a slim browser without all the
>> bloat, use netcat.
>>      
> But netcat doesn't support SSL. For fast, secure browsing you want
> curl, or possibly wget.
>
>