Download file using command line

It is time I confess. This is not the curl tool you are using. It's only an alias. In reality, we are calling the command Invoke-WebRequest. But hey! It works, so we don't care.

You can call it in its native format if you want to. Did you like this article? You can buy me a coffee. Share your insightful comments here. One thing I am learning the hard way is, if you don't write it down you will forget it. I always think I will remember my thoughts. But nope. The next day, my mind is blank and I am frustrated. One of the things that get usually ignored on a server is the firewall. A firewall is a security measure to block all unwanted connections. Unfortunately, the rules are written in gibberish.

The most basic operation that Wget offers to users is downloading files by simply using its URL. This can be done by inputting the following command into the terminal:. Let us show an example to further clarify this. We will be downloading a simple image in the png format from the internet. See the image below for better understanding:.

Wget also allows users to download multiple files from different URLs. This can easily be done by the following command:. Once again, we can show this using an example. We will be downloading two HTML files from two different websites.

For better understanding, please look at the image below:. Here filename refers to the name that you want to address the file as. Using this, we can also change the type of the file. This is shown in the image below:. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Facebook Twitter Instagram. TecAdmin Home Ubuntu Previous Article Ubuntu Related Posts.

Mac Mafti on April 21, am. Great Help , well done. Amirreza Nadi on January 8, pm. Dan on November 13, pm. Rashmi Padhy on March 28, am. Hi , I want to know the code for how to download a file from server to local using sftp protocol Reply. Sven on June 12, pm. The desire to gamble is evenly allocated amongst competitions, gender or tradition.

Vaibhav on September 2, pm. Anand on August 5, pm. Awesome tutorial … keep It up Reply. T on May 1, am. Kishor Jangir on April 30, am. Legend the. Legend 2 2 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. Yes, that's true. I just remembered that. So, I would assume there is no way for directly downloading them on the remote machine. OP might not have enough bandwidth to do this, sometimes downloading stuff directly on remote server is more time saving.

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