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Name

wget – GNU Wget Manual

Synopsis

wget [option...] [URL...]

Description

GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies.

Frequently used download options

-nc, --no-clobber
 If a file is downloaded more than once in the same directory, Wget’s behavior depends on a few options, including -nc. In certain cases, the local file will be clobbered, or overwritten, upon repeated download. In other cases it will be preserved.
-c, --continue Continue getting a partially-downloaded file. This is useful when you want to finish up a download started by a previous instance of Wget, or by another program.

Frequently used directory options

-nd, --no-directories
 Do not create a hierarchy of directories when retrieving recursively.

Frequently used HTTP options

Frequently used FTP options

-g on/off, –glob=on/off
Turn FTP globbing on or off. Globbing means you may use the shell-like special characters (wildcards), like *, ?, [ and ] to retrieve more than one file from the same directory at once.
-passive-ftp Use the passive FTP retrieval scheme, in which the client initiates the data connection.
-retr-symlinks When –retr-symlinks is specified, however, symbolic links are traversed and the pointed-to files are retrieved.

Frequently used recursive retrieval options

-r, --recursive
 Turn on recursive retrieving.
-l DEPTH, --level=DEPTH
 Specify recursion maximum depth level DEPTH.
-k, --convert-links
 After the download is complete, convert the links in the document to make them suitable for local viewing.