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> Wget requires no extra options to simply download a remote URL to a local file, while curl requires -o or -O. I think this is oddly the major reason why wget
by hartator 11y ago
> Wget requires no extra options to simply download a remote URL to a local file, while curl requires -o or -O.
I think this is oddly the major reason why wget is more popular. Saving 3 chars + not having to remember the specific curl flag seems to matter more than what we can think.
- cathexis 11y agoI'm always amused by people who do the opposite: using wget to send get/post requests to web servers and having to add `-O /dev/null' (or, even worse `-O - > /dev/null'to keep from saving the results.