Use curl
. Ele irá mostrar o conteúdo da página no stdout:
mtak@frisbee:~$ curl www.google.com
<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>302 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>302 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HREF="http://www.google.nl/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=QB_7U9XRNMqyOpX6gPAJ">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>