snarf is a command line resource grabber. It can transfer files through the http, gopher, finger, and ftp protocols without user interaction. It is small and fast.

Snarf is a utility to retrieve files via the http and ftp protocols. It supports http redirect, http and ftp resume, http and ftp authentication, and other neat things. Its functionality is similar to that of wget, but with a much smaller binary.

[ http://www.xach.com/snarf/ ]

If you want snarf to spit out file in standard output just add this “-”. Like:
snarf http://www.linuxhaxor.net -

So in case of a text file it would work like this:

Snarf is not a replacement or all fullfedged alternative for wget.