Alternative Web File Transfer Methods

Linux - Creating a Web Server with Python3

$ python3 -m http.server

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...

Linux - Creating a Web Server with Python2.7

$ python2.7 -m SimpleHTTPServer

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...

Linux - Creating a Web Server with PHP

$ php -S 0.0.0.0:8000

[Fri May 20 08:16:47 2022] PHP 7.4.28 Development Server (http://0.0.0.0:8000) started

Linux - Creating a Web Server with Ruby

$ ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8000

[2022-05-23 09:35:46] INFO  WEBrick 1.6.1
[2022-05-23 09:35:46] INFO  ruby 2.7.4 (2021-07-07) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
[2022-05-23 09:35:46] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=1705 port=8000

Download the file using wget

$ wget 192.168.49.128:8000/filetotransfer.txt

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