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* Documented -c flag for resuming file download * fix: changed to long version of continue option
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title: How to download files using the "wget" utility in Linux
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---
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## How to download files using the "wget" utility in Linux
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This article is a quick tutorial on using the ``wget`` utility on Unix based OS.
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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.
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### Installing `wget`
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The wget utility is a freely available package and licensed under the GNU GPL License. This utility can be installed on any Unix-like OS including Windows and MacOS.
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### Basic syntax
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The basic syntax of ``wget`` is...
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```
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wget [option]... [URL]...
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```
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### Details of wget
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```
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wget --version
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```
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```
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wget --help
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```
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### Downloading a single file
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```
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wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.5.tar.gz
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```
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### Downloading from FTP
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```
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wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.5.tar.gz.sig
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```
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### Restrict download speed limits
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```
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wget --limit-rate=100k http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.5.tar.gz
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```
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### Download a file with the ability to resume or continue if the download is interrupted
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```
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wget --continue https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
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### Download all listed files within a directory and its sub-directories (does not download embedded page elements):
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```
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wget --mirror --no-parent https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
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```
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### Download the contents of an URL via authenticated FTP:
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```
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wget --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=password ftp://example.com
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```
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### Download files in background
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```
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wget -b /wget/log.txt ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.10.1.tar.gz.sig
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```
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You can play with remaining features of the ``wget`` utility
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