A command to download a file other than Wget [closed]

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My host allows limited access to SSH and Linux commands. However, I can’t use Wget believe it or not.

I was hoping for something to download a file (.flv) from another server. Is there another command I can try?

If there isn’t, I could probably make use of Python, Perl or PHP (favourite) to achieve a file download. Is it possible?

Answer

You can use the following command: