Ubuntu get contents of web page without a browser

You can get a web page using the CLI called netcat. 

# netcat website port
GET page <return>

Example:

 # netcat www.yahoo.com 80
GET /
<HEAD><TITLE>Redirect</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="white" FGCOLOR="black">
<FONT FACE="Helvetica,Arial"><B>
 "<em>http://failsafe.fp.yahoo.com/404.html</em>".<p></B></FONT>

<!-- default "Redirect" response (302) -->
</BODY>