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If I run:

wget 'http://beforeitsnews.com/stories/in/0000000000000013' -O -

I can't see the news...why? How can i wget or curl this site, so that i can see the news on it? I can't even browse it with elinks :(

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...if it had no JS, you could use $ lynx -dump yoursite.com (a killer cmd) – user2362 Jan 14 '12 at 20:54

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That site requires JavaScript to be enabled. None of the tools you mention can interpret JavaScript.

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and how could i download the sites content via command line? :\ – LanceBaynes Mar 23 '11 at 22:36
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You'd try to find a tool that can display a page like a GUI browser. I don't know of one. Try to see if one of them (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, ...) has a command line switch like "-dump". Try to see if there is a program that can mechanize a GUI browser. – glenn jackman Mar 24 '11 at 1:00
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elinks supports JavaScript. Rather, ECMAScript. – amphetamachine Apr 3 '11 at 15:47
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I suspect you might like Fake.app, but I have no idea to what extent it offers saving/output. Perhaps with Fake and Automator you could load the page, save a snapshot, move to the next page number?

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Links2 with a trigger of -g should take care of that JavaScript problem.

You'll might need some tweaking to do to meet your monitor or terminal for that there is always a man page.

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