tldr/pages/common/wget.md
Eric Nielsen 1c0471fc23 wget: Use same example description as for curl (#1026)
- Use same description for the "Download a URL to a file" example as for curl (see #1019 and #1023)
- Also fix example formatting

* wget: Use "contents" instead of "output" of an URL
2016-08-31 00:27:02 +01:00

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wget

Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

  • Download the contents of an URL to a file:

wget -O {{filename}} {{url}}

  • Limit download speed:

wget --limit-rate={{200k}} {{url}}

  • Continue an incomplete download:

wget -c {{url}}

  • Download a full website:

wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P {{target_folder}} {{url}}

  • FTP download with username and password:

wget --ftp-user={{username}} --ftp-password={{password}} {{url}}

  • Retry a given number of times if the download doesn't succeed at first:

wget -t {{number_of_retries}} {{url}}