command: wget
usage: wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from
the web
syntax: $ wget [option] [url]
example:
1. To download through wget without any options
$ wget
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/19/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-
19-1.iso
2. To download in background afterstartup
$ wget -b http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.3.tar.gz
3. To download multiple files using HTTP and FTP protocol at ones.
$ wget -b http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.3.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.8.1/gcc-4.8.1.tar.gz
4. To download URLs found in local or external file
$ wget -i /downloads/urls.txt
5. To resume getting a partially-downloaded file
$ wget -c http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/jwhois/jwhois-4.0.tar.gz
6. To download http and ftp with password restricted sites
$ wget --http-user=user1 --http-password=password1 [URL link]
$ wget --ftp-user=user2 --ftp-password=password2 [URL link]
7. To Set number of retries to number
$ wget --tries=X [URL]
X is number of times retry
0 or inf for infinite number of retries
default number of retry is 20
8. To print help info of this command
$ wget --help
regards,
dhanasekar
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