<div dir="ltr">After just highlighting the desired text in Putty, go to your local text editor and try pasting it there. That would be the simplest solution I believe. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:57 AM Walt Smith <<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
hi,<br>
<br>
I have an offsite unix account, assume telnet access, using putty.<br>
<br>
I want to use it to download a file ( via http) and store it.<br>
Right now, a long link to that file to be downloaded<br>
is sent to my offsite unix is in an email.<br>
The link is long, so I need copy/paste.<br>
<br>
However, my *nix know how editing text between apps<br>
is lost.<br>
<br>
At that site, I have pine available, lynx, links.<br>
In pine , I managed to export the email text body<br>
containing only the link (I think ).<br>
<br>
would:<br>
lynx < myfilelink <br>
be a way to download the link ?<br>
<br>
or <br>
<br>
wget > myfilelink ? or a pipe ?? <br>
<br>
( to avoid actually typing the link )<br>
<br>
Is there an easier way to do this?<br>
I seem to be unable to take the short route and<br>
simply copy into a OS buffer ( ^C ) the text<br>
inside the pine email body.<br>
<br>
<br>
suggestion ?<br>
<br>
thx,<br>
<br>
Walt . . . <br>
<br>
I want to do that by telnetting or ssh .<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tools available there are pine, lynx, links<br>
<br>
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