---
name: "webcat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pm3-extra"
version: "1.1.15-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/webcat"
---

# webcat(1)

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

## 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, stripping 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 environment variable WWW\_HOME.  Otherwise it will be treated as an absolute URL.

The webcat program uses http\_proxy and no\_proxy variables; if the specified 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/Proxies/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**

- **Steve Glassman**

  ## AUTHOR