5 Wget Command Examples to Download Files in Linux

Wget is used to download your files from the remote server and is mainly used on Linux Command-Line. 

It works while you perform the following actions – 

(1) Download the File to the Same Directory using Wget
You can download the file to the current directory using the Wget command given below – 

# wget https://accuwebhosting.com/download.zip

 

(2) Download the File and Save it at a Specific Location
If you want to download the file at any specific location.

# wget https://accuwebhostin.com/download.zip -O /opt/download.zip

 

(3) Download the File from FTP
Use the command given below to download files from FTP –

# wget ftp://ftp.accuwebhosting.com/download.zip

 

(4) Download File from Password Protected URLs
When you access any URL to download files, it requires a username and password to download a file. Use the following command to download the file from a password-protected FTP server - 

# wget --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=password ftp://ftp.accuwebhosting.com/download.zip

 

Use the following command to Download the file from password protected http server

#  wget --http-user=username --http-password=password https://accuwebhosting.com/download.zip

 

(5) Download the File from the Untrusted Secure URL
Use the following command to download a file from the untrusted secure URL -

# wget https://accuwebhosting.com/download.zip --no-check-certific

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