Wget Download, Resume, Handle Network Issues

Question 1

Where the wget store these downloads?

Answer 1

In your current directory.

Question 2

What command to downloading files?

Answer 2

Wget [ URL ]

Question 3

How to specifying the filename for the downloaded file?

Answer 3

wget -O [ customname ] [ URL ]

-O stand for —output-document

Question 4

What flag to turning wget’s output off and show progress bar?

Answer 4

• q —show-progress

- q stand for —quiet

Question 5

How to downloading multiple files?

Answer 5

Create .txt file, insert urls of the files.

wget -i [ Name of txt file ] -P [ DirUWantToStore ] -q —show-progress

Question 6

How to limiting download speed?

Answer 6

wget —limit-rate [ Number in b, kb, mb,… ]

Question 7

How to overwrite file already downloaded?

Answer 7

Use the same name but different link to overwrite.
Ex: u download first file as gg.txt with link haha.url
u download second file same name with gg.txt but different link zz.url

Question 8

How to resume corrupt download file?

Answer 8

Use -c flag, note that this will only work if you run this command in the same dir as the incomplete file.

Question 9

How to downloading in the background?

Answer 9

Use flag -b, after that it will create wget-log file in your working dir. Read this file with tail -f wget-log.

Question 10

How to set timeout when download file?

Answer 10

Limit number of times that wget tries to reach server with flag -T [ Second ]

Question 11

How to setting maximum number of tries?

Answer 11

Set how many times wget attemps to download a file after being interrupted by passing —tries=[ NumberOfTry ]