Using WGET to monitor html webpage?

I'm struggling to monitor a webpage with Splunk. I just need to get the html from a certain URL (like google,com) and get the contents of the element into Splunk. According to the following link, a script using WGET would be the best solution: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/23638/how-to-monitor-http-web-pages-and-splunk-the-results.html Can someone please explain how to write a script that executes a WGET? Javascript and powershell both do not support WGET, so I'm not sure what language this person has in mind. Open to other options too - any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated!