wget2 Command Examples

An improved version of wget for downloading files from the web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTP/2 protocols with enhanced performance. By default, wget2 uses multiple threads for faster downloads. More information: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2.

• Download the contents of a URL to a file using multiple threads (default behavior differs from wget):

wget2 {{https://example.com/foo}}

• Limit the number of threads used for downloading (default is 5 threads):

wget2 --max-threads={{10}} {{https://example.com/foo}}

• Download a single web page and all its resources (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.):

wget2 --page-requisites --convert-links {{https://example.com/somepage.html}}

• Mirror a website, but do not ascend to the parent directory (does not download embedded page elements):

wget2 --mirror --no-parent {{https://example.com/somepath/}}

• Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries:

wget2 --limit-rate={{300k}} --tries={{100}} {{https://example.com/somepath/}}

• Continue an incomplete download (behavior is consistent with wget):

wget2 --continue {{https://example.com}}

• Download all URLs stored in a text file to a specific directory:

wget2 --directory-prefix {{path/to/directory}} --input-file {{URLs.txt}}

• Download a file from an HTTP server using Basic Auth (also works for HTTPS):

wget2 --user={{username}} --password={{password}} {{https://example.com}}