Decoding a web page

Dave Close <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Every now and then I come across a web page that doesn't seem to follow
conventions. The URL I quote below points to a text file containing
temperatures and other weather data. If I access the URL using curl,
wget, or lynx, I can get the contents of the file but I can't find a
way to get the unrendered content of the page. This matters because
somewhere in that content seems to be the intended name of the file.
I can't seem to find a way to see the name using curl, wget, or lynx.

But I can see it using Firefox. Accessing that URL with Firefox puts
the file in Firefox's "downloads" directory (however that is defined)
and gives it the proper name. But I want to get the file and its name
with a script. I can't find a way for Firefox to get the file and
then exit without reporting errors and leaving orphaned processes
behind so using Firefox inside a script seems to be impossible.

Is there any way cleanly to get both the file content and its name 
in a bash script? Alternatively, is there a way to see the unrendered
content of the web page?

Here's the URL (beware line wrapping):
<http://url3286.lacrosseview.com/ls/click?upn=u001.wEwOkX4Mg8d3BzrBweGcjcFmBontLPsLp-2FsIQ1YvgeD6pEs
y-2FqeUzLtpJdkTG4HMKEO0zE1XUZrmEiGYY1H3wDN91LBllaYxAUbrLw5ZmH40hRsXDMJLO-2FMTrTgam7vlhpK-2B1TXlcI3rs
0TxaUa56Q-3D-3Dx8LQ_xXiUzWINPS0Q7ctV3M9ntHVOnaaHS4EOOecUTAecdk-2Bj4ceVBaLaIxsLbXRRPp0Ne96xQq2y-2B643
AVFgcu8ZwIJ4BnvUXp0AQZyvRjTqudimAku-2F5abal3l1DdSypjIgVjyrFASld1eEtvMEnVTQPaG5gEGgxQMQYqVIn79pOG3jFQ
RU2JNlB5XVcWIt0pdHOBXeyqSSaNtjl9jF8hUUfc0tF-2BQWQOilBVjd4mIo9qnO0Fm4kZZ0kmQUPGD4gthh20-2FJjthfQ-2FBF
lHmM2QnPmxDA9ZywgzPuqsLi1Nfd3M8NoCTYcy9ejEIrDNS-2Bpv16y7k9fvAu-2BLDz41JlP-2FJoGg-3D-3D>
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         Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA       +1 714 434 7359
       [email protected]              [email protected]
     "Education is what you get when you read the fine print;
      experience is what you get when you don't." -- Pete Seeger


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