How to use a proxy server to access the Internet at Shell prompt with http_proxy variable.
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# How To Use Proxy Server To Access Internet at Shell Prompt
# http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-set-proxy-environment-variable/
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# Set http_proxy shell variable
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# Type the following command to set proxy server:
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export http_proxy=http://server-ip:port/
export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:3128/
export http_proxy=http://proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128
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# How do I setup proxy variable for all users?
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# To setup the proxy environment variable as a global variable,
# open /etc/profile file:
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vi /etc/profile
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export http_proxy=http://proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128/
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# How do I use password protected proxy server?
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# You can simply use wget as follows:
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wget --proxy-user=USERNAME --proxy-password=PASSWORD http://path.to.domain.com/some.html
# Lynx has following syntax:
lynx -pauth=USER:PASSWORD http://domain.com/path/html.file
# Curl has following syntax:
curl --proxy-user user:password http://url.com/