Wget: Difference between revisions

From NovaOrdis Knowledge Base
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 41: Line 41:


Quiet.
Quiet.
==-S==
Download the whole response.


=Download a file locally=
=Download a file locally=

Revision as of 04:49, 14 March 2020

Internal

Install from Scratch

yum install wget

Install on Mac

Preferred

brew install wget

Alternative

http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-and-configure-wget-on-os-x/

This worked:

cd /usr/local/src
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.15.tar.gz
gunzip < wget-1.15.tar.gz | tar xfv -
cd wget-1.15
./configure --with-ssl=openssl
make
make install

It will install in /usr/local/bin.

Options

-q,--quiet

Quiet.

-S

Download the whole response.

Download a file locally

Specify the file name with -O

wget -O agent.jar http://10.153.173.18:7080/agentupdate/download 

Don't write the file on disk

The dash after -O:

wget  -O - http://localhost/servlet01

Display the whole HTTP response

wget -S ...

Sending POST with wget

wget -O - \
--post-data 'creditCardNumber=4111111111111111&buyerCountry=US&buyerLastName=Smith&creditCardType=VISA' \
http://example.com/warrantyservice/warranty

Authentication