wget

A non-interactive network retriever

Binary for Windows

  • wget.exe (301 kb)
    • SHA256 ‘wget.exe’ - 3d28e43da1d24dc517b4d570f7a8851fa2766caaad330001795b51191f2cc2f8

    Usage

    wget [OPTION]... [URL]...
    

    Flags

    Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
    
    Startup:
      -V,  --version                   display the version of Wget and exit
      -h,  --help                      print this help
      -b,  --background                go to background after startup
      -e,  --execute=COMMAND           execute a `.wgetrc'-style command
    
    Logging and input file:
      -o,  --output-file=FILE          log messages to FILE
      -a,  --append-output=FILE        append messages to FILE
      -d,  --debug                     print lots of debugging information
      -q,  --quiet                     quiet (no output)
      -v,  --verbose                   be verbose (this is the default)
      -nv, --no-verbose                turn off verboseness, without being quiet
           --report-speed=TYPE         output bandwidth as TYPE.  TYPE can be bits
      -i,  --input-file=FILE           download URLs found in local or external FILE
      -F,  --force-html                treat input file as HTML
      -B,  --base=URL                  resolves HTML input-file links (-i -F)
                                         relative to URL
           --config=FILE               specify config file to use
           --no-config                 do not read any config file
           --rejected-log=FILE         log reasons for URL rejection to FILE
    
    Download:
      -t,  --tries=NUMBER              set number of retries to NUMBER (0 unlimits)
           --retry-connrefused         retry even if connection is refused
           --retry-on-http-error=ERRORS    comma-separated list of HTTP errors to retry
      -O,  --output-document=FILE      write documents to FILE
      -nc, --no-clobber                skip downloads that would download to
                                         existing files (overwriting them)
           --no-netrc                  don't try to obtain credentials from .netrc
      -c,  --continue                  resume getting a partially-downloaded file
           --start-pos=OFFSET          start downloading from zero-based position OFFSET
           --progress=TYPE             select progress gauge type
           --show-progress             display the progress bar in any verbosity mode
      -N,  --timestamping              don't re-retrieve files unless newer than
                                         local
           --no-if-modified-since      don't use conditional if-modified-since get
                                         requests in timestamping mode
           --no-use-server-timestamps  don't set the local file's timestamp by
                                         the one on the server
      -S,  --server-response           print server response
           --spider                    don't download anything
      -T,  --timeout=SECONDS           set all timeout values to SECONDS
           --dns-timeout=SECS          set the DNS lookup timeout to SECS
           --connect-timeout=SECS      set the connect timeout to SECS
           --read-timeout=SECS         set the read timeout to SECS
      -w,  --wait=SECONDS              wait SECONDS between retrievals
           --waitretry=SECONDS         wait 1..SECONDS between retries of a retrieval
           --random-wait               wait from 0.5*WAIT...1.5*WAIT secs between retrievals
           --no-proxy                  explicitly turn off proxy
      -Q,  --quota=NUMBER              set retrieval quota to NUMBER
           --bind-address=ADDRESS      bind to ADDRESS (hostname or IP) on local host
           --limit-rate=RATE           limit download rate to RATE
           --no-dns-cache              disable caching DNS lookups
           --restrict-file-names=OS    restrict chars in file names to ones OS allows
           --ignore-case               ignore case when matching files/directories
      -4,  --inet4-only                connect only to IPv4 addresses
      -6,  --inet6-only                connect only to IPv6 addresses
           --prefer-family=FAMILY      connect first to addresses of specified family,
                                         one of IPv6, IPv4, or none
           --user=USER                 set both ftp and http user to USER
           --password=PASS             set both ftp and http password to PASS
           --ask-password              prompt for passwords
           --use-askpass=COMMAND       specify credential handler for requesting
                                         username and password.  If no COMMAND is
                                         specified the WGET_ASKPASS or the SSH_ASKPASS
                                         environment variable is used.
           --no-iri                    turn off IRI support
           --local-encoding=ENC        use ENC as the local encoding for IRIs
           --remote-encoding=ENC       use ENC as the default remote encoding
           --unlink                    remove file before clobber
           --xattr                     turn on storage of metadata in extended file attributes
    
    Directories:
      -nd, --no-directories            don't create directories
      -x,  --force-directories         force creation of directories
      -nH, --no-host-directories       don't create host directories
           --protocol-directories      use protocol name in directories
      -P,  --directory-prefix=PREFIX   save files to PREFIX/..
           --cut-dirs=NUMBER           ignore NUMBER remote directory components
    
    HTTP options:
           --http-user=USER            set http user to USER
           --http-password=PASS        set http password to PASS
           --no-cache                  disallow server-cached data
           --default-page=NAME         change the default page name (normally
                                         this is 'index.html'.)
      -E,  --adjust-extension          save HTML/CSS documents with proper extensions
           --ignore-length             ignore 'Content-Length' header field
           --header=STRING             insert STRING among the headers
           --compression=TYPE          choose compression, one of auto, gzip and none. (default: none)
           --max-redirect              maximum redirections allowed per page
           --proxy-user=USER           set USER as proxy username
           --proxy-password=PASS       set PASS as proxy password
           --referer=URL               include 'Referer: URL' header in HTTP request
           --save-headers              save the HTTP headers to file
      -U,  --user-agent=AGENT          identify as AGENT instead of Wget/VERSION
           --no-http-keep-alive        disable HTTP keep-alive (persistent connections)
           --no-cookies                don't use cookies
           --load-cookies=FILE         load cookies from FILE before session
           --save-cookies=FILE         save cookies to FILE after session
           --keep-session-cookies      load and save session (non-permanent) cookies
           --post-data=STRING          use the POST method; send STRING as the data
           --post-file=FILE            use the POST method; send contents of FILE
           --method=HTTPMethod         use method "HTTPMethod" in the request
           --body-data=STRING          send STRING as data. --method MUST be set
           --body-file=FILE            send contents of FILE. --method MUST be set
           --content-disposition       honor the Content-Disposition header when
                                         choosing local file names (EXPERIMENTAL)
           --content-on-error          output the received content on server errors
           --auth-no-challenge         send Basic HTTP authentication information
                                         without first waiting for the server's
                                         challenge
    
    HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:
           --secure-protocol=PR        choose secure protocol, one of auto, SSLv2,
                                         SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1_1, TLSv1_2 and PFS
           --https-only                only follow secure HTTPS links
           --no-check-certificate      don't validate the server's certificate
           --certificate=FILE          client certificate file
           --certificate-type=TYPE     client certificate type, PEM or DER
           --private-key=FILE          private key file
           --private-key-type=TYPE     private key type, PEM or DER
           --ca-certificate=FILE       file with the bundle of CAs
           --ca-directory=DIR          directory where hash list of CAs is stored
           --crl-file=FILE             file with bundle of CRLs
           --pinnedpubkey=FILE/HASHES  Public key (PEM/DER) file, or any number
                                       of base64 encoded sha256 hashes preceded by
                                       'sha256//' and separated by ';', to verify
                                       peer against
           --random-file=FILE          file with random data for seeding the SSL PRNG
    
           --ciphers=STR           Set the priority string (GnuTLS) or cipher list string (OpenSSL) directly.
                                       Use with care. This option overrides --secure-protocol.
                                       The format and syntax of this string depend on the specific SSL/TLS engine.
    HSTS options:
           --no-hsts                   disable HSTS
           --hsts-file                 path of HSTS database (will override default)
    
    FTP options:
           --ftp-user=USER             set ftp user to USER
           --ftp-password=PASS         set ftp password to PASS
           --no-remove-listing         don't remove '.listing' files
           --no-glob                   turn off FTP file name globbing
           --no-passive-ftp            disable the "passive" transfer mode
           --preserve-permissions      preserve remote file permissions
           --retr-symlinks             when recursing, get linked-to files (not dir)
    
    FTPS options:
           --ftps-implicit                 use implicit FTPS (default port is 990)
           --ftps-resume-ssl               resume the SSL/TLS session started in the control connection when
                                             opening a data connection
           --ftps-clear-data-connection    cipher the control channel only; all the data will be in plaintext
           --ftps-fallback-to-ftp          fall back to FTP if FTPS is not supported in the target server
    WARC options:
           --warc-file=FILENAME        save request/response data to a .warc.gz file
           --warc-header=STRING        insert STRING into the warcinfo record
           --warc-max-size=NUMBER      set maximum size of WARC files to NUMBER
           --warc-cdx                  write CDX index files
           --warc-dedup=FILENAME       do not store records listed in this CDX file
           --no-warc-compression       do not compress WARC files with GZIP
           --no-warc-digests           do not calculate SHA1 digests
           --no-warc-keep-log          do not store the log file in a WARC record
           --warc-tempdir=DIRECTORY    location for temporary files created by the
                                         WARC writer
    
    Recursive download:
      -r,  --recursive                 specify recursive download
      -l,  --level=NUMBER              maximum recursion depth (inf or 0 for infinite)
           --delete-after              delete files locally after downloading them
      -k,  --convert-links             make links in downloaded HTML or CSS point to
                                         local files
           --convert-file-only         convert the file part of the URLs only (usually known as the basename)
           --backups=N                 before writing file X, rotate up to N backup files
      -K,  --backup-converted          before converting file X, back up as X.orig
      -m,  --mirror                    shortcut for -N -r -l inf --no-remove-listing
      -p,  --page-requisites           get all images, etc. needed to display HTML page
           --strict-comments           turn on strict (SGML) handling of HTML comments
    
    Recursive accept/reject:
      -A,  --accept=LIST               comma-separated list of accepted extensions
      -R,  --reject=LIST               comma-separated list of rejected extensions
           --accept-regex=REGEX        regex matching accepted URLs
           --reject-regex=REGEX        regex matching rejected URLs
           --regex-type=TYPE           regex type (posix|pcre)
      -D,  --domains=LIST              comma-separated list of accepted domains
           --exclude-domains=LIST      comma-separated list of rejected domains
           --follow-ftp                follow FTP links from HTML documents
           --follow-tags=LIST          comma-separated list of followed HTML tags
           --ignore-tags=LIST          comma-separated list of ignored HTML tags
      -H,  --span-hosts                go to foreign hosts when recursive
      -L,  --relative                  follow relative links only
      -I,  --include-directories=LIST  list of allowed directories
           --trust-server-names        use the name specified by the redirection
                                         URL's last component
      -X,  --exclude-directories=LIST  list of excluded directories
      -np, --no-parent                 don't ascend to the parent directory
    
    Email bug reports, questions, discussions to <bug-wget@gnu.org>
    and/or open issues at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=wget.
    

    Examples

    Copy full website

    $ wget -r https://www.example.com/
    
    --2020-09-22 14:46:54--  https://www.example.com/picture.gif
    Reusing existing connection to www.example.com:443.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 33327 (33K) [image/gif]
    Saving to: 'www.example.com/picture.gif'
    
    www.example.com/picture.gif              100%[============================================================================================================================================================================>]  32.55K  --.-KB/s    in 0s
    
    2020-09-22 14:46:54 (363 MB/s) - 'www.example.com/picture.gif' saved [33327/33327]
    
    FINISHED --2020-09-22 14:46:54--
    Total wall clock time: 6m 29s
    Downloaded: 22284 files, 1.6G in 1m 38s (16.4 MB/s)
    

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