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What is Wget?

A command-line utility for downloading files from the web, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

Wget downloads files non-interactively, making it ideal for scripts and automation. Features include recursive downloading, bandwidth limiting, retry on failure, and resuming interrupted downloads (wget -c).

Common uses: wget URL (download file), wget -r -l 2 URL (recursive, 2 levels deep), wget -i urls.txt (download from list). Curl is an alternative with more protocol support and API-friendly features.

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