Commandline http download tool for Windows

Question

Is there a built-in command line tool for downloading files from the internet? I know there is wget for windows, which is fantastic piece of technology, but I am not allowed to install it :( I just need basic functionality - connect to a url and save contents to disk (or push to sdtout).

Solution 1

If inputting a HTTP request by hand is no problem then you can use telnet to connect on port 80. But Wget or cURL seem easier to use.

Solution 2

If you have Firefox installed, then you can install the iMacros for Firefox addon even with only normal user rights. It is a browser automator. You can use it - among many other things - to download files via the command line.

Comments

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

wget doesn't need installing.