wget

Retrieve files and site content non-interactively with controlled local writes.

Quick Start

1. Verify wget is available: wget --version
2. Establish the command surface: wget --help or man wget
3. Start with a read-only check: wget --spider https://example.com/file.tar.gz

Intent Router

Load only the reference file needed for the active request.

• references/install-and-setup.md — Installing wget and verifying runtime behavior
• references/cheatsheet.md — Common download flags, naming, resume, timestamping, and rate control
• references/advanced-usage.md — Recursive download, mirroring, accept and reject patterns, domain limits, and politeness controls
• references/troubleshooting.md — Permission failures, partial downloads, TLS, auth, cookies, and runaway recursion recovery