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wget

CLI

Network downloader supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

Download files from the web, supports recursive mirroring

3 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#download#http#ftp#mirror

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

Download a file

~98% est.
wget https://example.com/file.tar.gz

Download and rename output

~99% est.
wget -O myfile.zip https://example.com/archive.zip

Mirror a website

~85% est.
wget -r -l 2 --no-parent https://example.com/docs/
Common failures (1)
  • Too many files downloadedAdd --accept '*.html' to limit file types

Install

Homebrewbrew install wget
aptsudo apt install wget

Agent notes

When to use
Downloading files or mirroring websites
Quick examples
  • wget https://example.com/file.tar.gz
  • wget -r https://example.com

Use from an agent

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/wget | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug wget on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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