And i think that is exactly how they differ. Wget is first and foremost aimed at being a file downloader/spider. If used with no switches it will grab the firs

And i think that is exactly how they differ. Wget is first and foremost aimed at being a file downloader/spider. If used with no switches it will grab the first file behind the url and save it locally. Curl on the other hand it more of a HTTP client lib with a cli interface. Unless fed a specific switch, it will send the file behind the url to stdout. Meaning that it is more at home at one end of a pipe.