wget
wget is a Linux command in the Network category, rated intermediate difficulty. Downloads files from the internet. Supports recursive downloads. The syntax is wget [options] URL. Key options and parameters: URL — file URL to download. It returns downloaded file. A practical example: wget https://example.com/file.zip wget -r -l 2 https://site.com/ # Recursive (2 levels) wget -c https://example.com/bigfile.iso # Resume download A close relative is ping, which tests network connectivity to a host by sending ICMP echo requests. A close relative is curl, which transfers data to/from a server using various protocols (HTTP, FTP, etc.). A close relative is ifconfig, which configures and displays network interface information (legacy, use ip now). More about this category: Linux networking commands — ping, curl, wget, netstat, ss, ifconfig, and more. Configure and troubleshoot network connections. Related Network commands: ping, curl, ifconfig, ip, ss, netstat, nslookup, dig.