In this section, we are going learn about browsing the web from the command-line interface. We are going to browse the web from the command line using the w3m and ELinks browsers.
w3m is a text-based web browser. Using w3m, we can browse web pages through our terminal window.
ELinks is also a text-based web browser. It supports menu-driven configuration, frames, tables, browsing, and background downloading. ELinks can handle remote URLS as well as local files.
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