# HTTPS connection unix

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/https-connection-unix/149231>\
**Category:** UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users\
**Created:** [June 18, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/https-connection-unix/149231 "2004-06-18T12:36:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://community.unix.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c7e9e16a595259edafe88615719d5c5dcda035c2.png) [@system](https://community.unix.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/https-connection-unix/149231/1 "2004-06-18T12:36:03Z")

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Hi,

I have a situation....where I have to make a HTTPS:// connection to the third party web site to grab 5 files from their server.  
I am little new to unix.

Can anyone please help me creating the shell script for making this connection and grabing or reading the files from their server to our server.

I will really appreciate any help in this regards.

Thanks  
Raj

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**Author:** ![obitus](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/obitus/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@obitus](https://community.unix.com/u/obitus)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/https-connection-unix/149231/2 "2004-06-20T03:35:51Z")

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You'll need a console client that supports SSL.

Debian for example has the 'lynx-ssl' package.

Check if your distro has an SSL-enabled lynx package, the use something like:

lynx --source [https://www.domain.com/sslfile.html](https://www.domain.com/sslfile.html) \> sslfile.html

This will fetch [https://www.domain.com/sslfile.html](https://www.domain.com/sslfile.html) and save it as sslfile.html.

Also check the man pages for wget and curl.

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**Author:** ![gseyforth](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/gseyforth/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@gseyforth](https://community.unix.com/u/gseyforth)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/https-connection-unix/149231/3 "2004-06-24T19:20:55Z")

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You need to install SSL. You can get it at:

[http://www.openssl.org/](http://www.openssl.org/)

Then take a look at:

[http://dominia.org/djao/wget\_ssl.html](http://dominia.org/djao/wget_ssl.html)

Hope this helps.