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Bash wget

Bash wget

Wget is used to receive content from web servers using a terminal. Wget supports downloading via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.

Usage

wget [options] URL

Most used options:

  • -i FILE, reads URLs from a given FILE.
  • -t X, number of X attempts to download a file.
  • -c, try to continue a partial download.
  • -N, only downloads the target file if the file is newer than a file with he same name on your target drive.
  • -v, display all informations (default).

Example

Download the target file to the current directory

wget http://example.com/folder/file

Try to download the target file up to 45 times

wget -t 45 http://example.com/FOLDER/FILE

Continue to get a partially-downloaded file.

wget -c http://example.com/FOLDER/FILE


#### More Information:
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget