Browser to check URL in hpux.

Hello Expert,

I want to test the url in hp-ux, so it is possible via putty ??
Also have xmanager on the same system.

The URL of what?

I mean do you want use a browser from your HP-UX box, which would mean have or install mozilla, firefox on it... or is it to see if you have a http server running?

Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

Actually i want to check one url in HP-UX but i think it is not possible via Putty.

so it is possible to install browser and use this browser in Xmanager to access this url ?

Yes you can install a browser, I know of mozilla (quite old now...) and firefox... I think there was IE attempts, but sure you can find browsers you can install, I have firefox on one server...
But you could also look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx\_(web_browser)
since its a text web browser it should work with putty...

What exactly are you wanting to check with this url? And which protocol is this URL using? Is it HTTP?

  • Lynx is a good TUI web browser
  • Curl is a good command line URL tool that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, LDAP, LDAPS, DICT, TELNET, FILE, IMAP, POP3, SMTP and RTSP
  • wget is a simple tool that will download a resource using HTTP, HTTPS or FTP

Curl and Wget are available from HP in the Internet Express.

You can also install a GUI web browser like Firefox, but then you'll need an X server on the client side to display it. This is the most cumbersome solution IMO.