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> This is one often repeated reason why some users reach for wget instead of curl on the command line. Is there a reason not to do that? I've always used wget
by aaplok 2y ago
> This is one often repeated reason why some users reach for wget instead of curl on the command line.
Is there a reason not to do that? I've always used wget and curl interchangeably, because both meet my moderate needs. Is there a reason I should avoid wget?
- m463 2y agosometimes when using containers, curl was already installed and I use that. Other times it is wget. I might want to skip adding "apt-get install wget" etc
- lolpanda 2y agothe only reason i use wget over curl is that when i'm downloading a file, i don't have to specify the output file name with wget lol
- threePointFive 2y ago-O (for name based on end of the URL) or -J (for name based on the returned HTTP header)
- kelsey98765431 2y agoand wget is -o ; when i have a head full of tasks and code i only remember that they are different and tend to wget things, unless of course i am on a bsd and reach for fetch
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