webcat(1)                                                            webcat(1)

NAME
       webcat - get a WWW (web) page using the HTTP protocol; print to stdout

SYNTAX
       webcat [-options] url

DESCRIPTION
       The  webcat program retrieves the specified URL and prints the contents
       to stdout.  With no options, it prints the contents of the page, strip-
       ping the header.  With the -head option you get only the header and not
       the contents.

       If the URL starts with /, it will be interpreted relative to the  envi-
       ronment variable WWW_HOME.  Otherwise it will be treated as an absolute
       URL.

       The webcat program uses http_proxy and no_proxy variables; if the spec-
       ified  URL  matches  the string in no_proxy, then the host is contacted
       directly.  Otherwise the request goes through the proxy server named in
       http_proxy.    See  http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/User/Prox-
       ies/ProxyClients.html for details.

OPTIONS
       These options can appear in any combination:

       -debug            Print the header, and then the contents of the  page.
                         Without  this  option,  prints  just the contents, no
                         header.

       -head             Print only the header, and not the  contents  of  the
                         page.   Without  this option, prints the contents, no
                         header.  If -debug option is in effect,  -head  is  a
                         no-op.  -post argSTring Do a post request, passing in
                         the arg string.

       -noCache          add a no-cache field to the request.

       -proxy <server>   send the request through the specified proxy server

       AUTHOR Steve Glassman

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