The W3C Command Line Tool is a cross platform command line tool for
accessing the Web. It is developed in C and serves as an example of a
client application using the W3C Reference Library and as a test-tool
for quick access to the Web from scripts, cron jobs etc. It gives a
variety of possibilities for data format conversion, filtering etc. It
is primarily intended as a test-tool for quick access to the Web or
used in scripts, cron jobs etc.

For more information on the application, please look at the page

WWW: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/ComLine/