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wget — Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. See also: `wcurl`, `curl`. More informat

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Problem

How to use the wget command: Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. See also: wcurl, curl. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html>.

Solution

wget — Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. See also: wcurl, curl. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html>.

Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "foo" in this case):
wget {{https://example.com/foo}}


Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "bar" in this case):
wget {{[-O|--output-document]}} {{bar}} {{https://example.com/foo}}


Download a single web page and all its resources with 3-second intervals between requests (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.):
wget {{[-pkw|--page-requisites --convert-links --wait]}} 3 {{https://example.com/some_page.html}}


Download all listed files within a directory and its sub-directories (does not download embedded page elements):
wget {{[-mnp|--mirror --no-parent]}} {{https://example.com/some_path/}}


Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries:
wget --limit-rate {{300k}} {{[-t|--tries]}} {{100}} {{https://example.com/some_path/}}


Download a file from an HTTP server using Basic Auth (also works for FTP):
wget --user {{username}} --password {{password}} {{https://example.com}}


Continue an incomplete download:
wget {{[-c|--continue]}} {{https://example.com}}


Download all URLs stored in a text file to a specific directory:
wget {{[-P|--directory-prefix]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-i|--input-file]}} {{path/to/URLs.txt}}

Code Snippets

Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "foo" in this case)

wget {{https://example.com/foo}}

Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "bar" in this case)

wget {{[-O|--output-document]}} {{bar}} {{https://example.com/foo}}

Download a single web page and all its resources with 3-second intervals between requests (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.)

wget {{[-pkw|--page-requisites --convert-links --wait]}} 3 {{https://example.com/some_page.html}}

Download all listed files within a directory and its sub-directories (does not download embedded page elements)

wget {{[-mnp|--mirror --no-parent]}} {{https://example.com/some_path/}}

Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries

wget --limit-rate {{300k}} {{[-t|--tries]}} {{100}} {{https://example.com/some_path/}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/wget

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