You can add command line parameters to include the username and password
if you're doing this with a script, but it's just as easy to do it
interactively after you're already logged in. Just hit the p for print
command, and lynx will allow you to save the page as a text file.
I used to do this all the time, though I haven't in years, mostly because
safari on mac, and chrome on windows do what I need. On linux, I tend to
leave web browsing to other times when I have access to one of the other
two oses, since there's such a huge number of sites lynx doesn't work
with, because of the silly need for webmasters to complicate things with
javascript.
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, Christian wrote:
Hi altogether,
Info:
my system: Linux/Lubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, 64 bit
lynx: Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.16 (11 Jul 2017)
Can anybody help me with the following problem?
I often use lynx for documentation purposes by saving forum-pages as a
".txt-file" using the "-dump"-option like so:
lynx -dump
"https://itsfoss.community/t/save-changes-on-ubuntu-live-usb/5189/7"; >
./file.txt
Normally that works very well but I can´t use this command if the page
is password-protected.
The resulting .txt-file yields among other info:
"Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private."
I have got the credentials (user name and password), so that should be
no problem.
But I´m at a loss as how to implement them in the command. I´m not sure
about the syntax.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Greetings.
Rosika :-)
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