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wget
Another popular command-line program for file downloading is wget. It is useful for downloading content from both web and FTP sites. Single files, multiple files, and even entire sites can be downloaded. To download the first page of linuxcommand.org we
could do this:
[me@linuxbox ~]$ wget http://linuxcommand.org/index.php
--11:02:51-- http://linuxcommand.org/index.php
=> `index.php'
Resolving linuxcommand.org... 66.35.250.210
Connecting to linuxcommand.org|66.35.250.210|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
[me@linuxbox ~]$ wget http://linuxcommand.org/index.php
--11:02:51-- http://linuxcommand.org/index.php
=> `index.php'
Resolving linuxcommand.org... 66.35.250.210
Connecting to linuxcommand.org|66.35.250.210|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
[ <=>
] 3,120
--.--K/s
[ <=>
11:02:51 (161.75 MB/s) - `index.php' saved [3120]
11:02:51 (161.75 MB/s) - `index.php' saved [3120]
The program's many options allow wget to recursively download, download files in the background (allowing you to log off but continue downloading), and complete the down- load of a partially downloaded file. These features are well documented in its better-than- average man page.