https://www.shell-tips.com/2011/07/09/download-files-from-a-bash-shell/ Apparently there is a way to download files using pure bash on some systems. not sure how to detect if `/dev/tcp` is enabled for the version of bash on the system. #### Related: - http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/241174/dev-tcp-not-found - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=146464