How download URL into file from command prompt?

[Robert Paris]

Is there a way to download files in a command prompt (or ".bat" file)?

Can I use internet explorer from a command prompt? If so, does anyone have
links to how to do that? (And how I could download a URL into a file using
IE from a command prompt)

Thanks!

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I have never heard of a way to do that and can not imagine why you would
need to do so. Ftp is the way to download files from a ftp site at the
command prompt. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...l=/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/ftp.asp

 

[Larry Sabine]

This is pretty large, but installing Cygwin provides wget, which is a
command line utility which downloads any URL, either FTP or HTTP. Works
real good - too good even. You might be able to find a Win32 port of wget,
also, which would make it unnecessary to install Cygwin.
Larry