GNU Wget 1.5.3.1, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]… [URL]…
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Startup:
-V, —version display the version of Wget and exit.
-h, —help print this help.
-b, —background go to background after startup.
-e, —execute=COMMAND execute a `.wgetrc’ command.
Logging and input file:
-o, —output-file=FILE log messages to FILE.
-a, —append-output=FILE append messages to FILE.
-d, —debug print debug output.
-q, —quiet quiet (no output).
-v, —verbose be verbose (this is the default).
-nv, —non-verbose turn off verboseness, without being quiet.
-i, —input-file=FILE read URL-s from file.
-F, —force-html treat input file as HTML.
Download:
-t, —tries=NUMBER set number of retries to NUMBER (0 unlimits).
-O —output-document=FILE write documents to FILE.
-nc, —no-clobber don’t clobber existing files.
-c, —continue restart getting an existing file.
—dot-style=STYLE set retrieval display style.
-N, —timestamping don’t retrieve files if older than local.
-S, —server-response print server response.
—spider don’t download anything.
-T, —timeout=SECONDS set the read timeout to SECONDS.
-w, —wait=SECONDS wait SECONDS between retrievals.
-Y, —proxy=on/off turn proxy on or off.
-Q, —quota=NUMBER set retrieval quota to NUMBER.
Directories:
-nd —no-directories don’t create directories.
-x, —force-directories force creation of directories.
-nH, —no-host-directories don’t create host directories.
-P, —directory-prefix=PREFIX save files to PREFIX/…
—cut-dirs=NUMBER ignore NUMBER remote directory components.
HTTP options:
—http-user=USER set http user to USER.
—http-passwd=PASS set http password to PASS.
-C, —cache=on/off (dis)allow server-cached data (normally allowed).
—ignore-length ignore `Content-Length’ header field.
—header=STRING insert STRING among the headers.
—proxy-user=USER set USER as proxy username.
—proxy-passwd=PASS set PASS as proxy password.
-s, —save-headers save the HTTP headers to file.
-U, —user-agent=AGENT identify as AGENT instead of Wget/VERSION.
FTP options:
—retr-symlinks retrieve FTP symbolic links.
-g, —glob=on/off turn file name globbing on or off.
—passive-ftp use the «passive» transfer mode.
Recursive retrieval:
-r, —recursive recursive web-suck — use with care!.
-l, —level=NUMBER maximum recursion depth (0 to unlimit).
—delete-after delete downloaded files.
-k, —convert-links convert non-relative links to relative.
-m, —mirror turn on options suitable for mirroring.
-nr, —dont-remove-listing don’t remove `.listing’ files.
Recursive accept/reject:
-A, —accept=LIST list of accepted extensions.
-R, —reject=LIST list of rejected extensions.
-D, —domains=LIST list of accepted domains.
—exclude-domains=LIST comma-separated list of rejected domains.
-L, —relative follow relative links only.
—follow-ftp follow FTP links from HTML documents.
-H, —span-hosts go to foreign hosts when recursive.
-I, —include-directories=LIST list of allowed directories.
-X, —exclude-directories=LIST list of excluded directories.
-nh, —no-host-lookup don’t DNS-lookup hosts.
-np, —no-parent don’t ascend to the parent directory.
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