You can use Unix lynx to download data files, but you will need a version that allows you to specify the accept_all_cookies option on the command line and that supports connections to a secure server.

To download a data file interactively, do the following:

   prompt>lynx -accept_all_cookies -dump -post_data dss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/login
   stdin>do=login&email=your_email&passwd=your_password&url=url_of_data_file
   stdin>---

  where:
    prompt>          is your computer's system prompt
    stdin>           is the input lynx will need after you execute the command
    your_email       is the email address that you registered with
    your_password    is your sign-in password
    url_of_data_file is the URL of the data file you want to download
                     this must begin with a '/' and includes all of the
                     URL after "dss.ucar.edu"

  EXAMPLE:
    prompt>lynx -accept_all_cookies -dump -post_data dss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/login
     stdin>do=login&email=dattore@ucar.edu&passwd=*****&url=/datasets/ds824.1/data/n_atl.txt
     stdin>---

You can also use lynx within a script. Here is an example Unix shell script (some modifications may be required for other shells) that will download a data file to a local file:

   #! /bin/sh
   #
   # create the input file
   cat << ! > input
   do=login&email=dattore@ucar.edu&passwd=*****&url=/datasets/ds824.1/data/n_atl.txt
   ---
   !
   #
   # run the command and direct the output to a file
   lynx -accept_all cookies -dump -post_data dss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/login < input > n_atl.txt

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