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15. Networking and WWW

ftp [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [host] U
Internet file transfer program. For security reasons recommended only for anonymous ftp. Use scp or the features of AFS where possible.  
lynx [-help] [options] [URL] P
Fast World Wide Web browser for ASCII terminals (no graphics).  
mozilla P
Browser for the World Wide Web (comes with (Net)News and Mail reader).  
nslookup hostname U
Query Internet name servers. Use the simple form to translate hostnames into IP addresses and vice versa. Other arguments and options for syadmins.  
ping hostname U
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. Used to see if a remote host is reachable. In case of continuous display abort after few seconds with CTRL-C. Report observed network problems to the experts.  
tin [options] [newsgroups] P
A (Net)News reader. Use man tin to read the man page. Useful options are:
-c mark all articles for all groups in .newsrc as read
-h print a help text for the command line options
-n only load groups that are subscribed to in .newsrc (speeds up loading)
-q quick start without checking for new newsgroups
-w quick mode to post an article and then exit
-z only start tin if there is any new/unread news
 
w3m [-h] [options] [URL] P
A text based Web browser and pager. Use w3m -h to display all options.  
wget [-h] [options] [URL[s]] P
It has a huge number of options (see wget -h) to influence the download. To retrieve a hierarchy of pages the options -r and -l depth are useful. Further important options: -m - mirroring, -k convert links to make pages viewable.  
xrn [options] P
An X-based (Net)News reader. Consult the manual for details.  

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