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Chapter 1. Why Use Unix? > Power Internet Connections
1.3. Power Internet Connections
If you're someone who uses the Internet daily, you already know that there are a bunch of useful Mac OS X applications available to help you be efficient. But lots of them seem to have a price tag attached, even a simple FTP program like Fetch (www.fetchworks.com). But why spend $25 on an application when you can use Mac OS X Tiger's built-in ftp command-line utility for free!
For example, if you wanted to download the cover image for this book from O'Reilly's web site, you could use the following commands (as noted in bold type):
