wget¶

wget <OPTION> <URL>

download to current working folder¶

wget http://mirror.ctan.org/<package_path+package_name.zip>

download to a target folder¶

wget -O $HOME/Download http://mirror.ctan.org/<package_path+package_name.zip>

unpack the archive¶

mkdir -p /path/to/directory
unzip filename.zip -d /path/to/directory
tar -xvf filename.tar --C /path/to/directory
tar -xvf filename.tar --directory /path/to/directory

dos¶

@echo off

set wget="wget.exe"
set despath="C:/Files"
set website="https://www.example.com/data/"

%wget% -P %despath% -A .zip -N -nd -r -l1  %website%
%wget% -P %despath% -A .ZIP -N -nd -r -l1  %website%

@pause

-P destination path -A extension -N Turn on time-stamping -r Turn on recursive retrieving -l1 One level depth -nd Do not create a hierarchy of directories when retrieving recursively

Note: extension is case sensitive. Extension .ZIP should also be considered