#
# get_html -- get a web page from a remote server
#
# Original Author: Jeff Korn
# Modified for bash by Chet Ramey
#
# Example: get_html cnswww.cns.cwru.edu /~chet/ | more
get_html()
{
local host port
(($# < 2)) && {
echo "usage: $FUNCNAME hostname path [port]" >&2
return 1
}
host="$1"
port="${3:-80}"
exec 3<> /dev/tcp/$host/$port || {
echo "$FUNCNAME: $host/$port: cannot connect" >&2
exit 1
}
echo -e "GET $2 HTTP/1.0\n" >&3
cat <&3
exec 3<&-
return 0
}
get_html "$@"