wget Examples

wget can be used to get a single file from a website, or to download the entire site if you know how. Here some examples of using wget.

Download a single file

To get a single file from a website, and save it using it's default name, use:

wget http://www.cameraangle.co.uk/index.php
This will download the file index.php from wwww.cameraangle.co.uk

Download a single file and rename it

To get a single file from a website, and save it using a new name, use:

wget http://www.cameraangle.co.uk/index.php -O index.txt
This will download the file index.php from wwww.cameraangle.co.uk and save it as index.txt

Resume an interrupted download previously started by wget itself

This does depend on the site supporting resuming.

wget ‐‐continue example.com/big.file.iso

Download a file but only if the version on server is newer than your local copy

wget ‐‐continue ‐‐timestamping wordpress.org/latest.zip