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How to simulate curl using wget command?
Answer:
To simulate a simple curl command using wget, e.g. curl http://www.google.co.uk:
# wget -O- http://www.google.co.uk
To view the HTTP response header (i.e. more verbose), e.g. curl -v http://www.google.co.uk:
# wget -O- -S http://www.google.co.uk
Print the web site's content using wget
Answer:
To show the web site's content in command line, just one command with wget.
# wget -q -O- http://www.example.com
Easy enough?
Mirror a web site using wget
Answer:
wget is a standard program came with most Linux distributions. It allows you to create a mirror (backup) of a web site easily using the following command.
# wget -m -k -K -E http://www.example.com
wget with rate limiting
Answer:
When you are downloading a large file, and you want to limit the bandwidth used, it is easy with the wget command
wget --limit-rate=100k http://www.example.com/file.zip
The above command will limit the rate to be used not to exceed 100kbps.
How to force re-download a file using wget?
Answer:
Use the -nc flag, e.g.
# wget -nc ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/ls-lR.Z
