Literally the only reason I was preferring wget in the past was not having to write the -O parameter. Nowadays I usually try curl first, but switch to wget if it isn't installed on the system I'm on (which does happen, as unbelievable as it sounds).
@SpaceLifeForm the sad fact is that most commonly that happens because the server or something in between has some active filtering on the user-agent or something similarly silly
@jspc @dysfun it has been pointed out to me by multiple people in the past, in all seriousness. But I've never been able to take it very seriously myself, no...
It may seem stupid but it's actually really nice when you simply need to type "wget" and don't have to move your right hand off the mouse to middle-button paste the url.
Anyway `wget` has always felt more like a user-facing command line file downloading utility where `curl` is more of a toolbox/library for crafting arbitrary HTTP requests. wget has a nicer UI, retries, partial downloading, batch downloading, recursive downloading, ...downloading.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Reminds me of site that I could not fetch with a then current curl, but for some reason, a very old wget would work.
I did not research further.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Analogue with the curl in windows. Even though that one was not even functionally close.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •And then there is #aria2 which isn't really that similar to either curl or wget but does have a few cool tricks š
aria2.github.io/
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •At a tech recruiting event we once ran the following contest:
Given access to a command line and using any language of your choice how quickly can you create a working "Hello World" script?
Only one caveat - you can only use your left hand.
Hours of wholesome fun for both participants and observers ensued.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •It may seem stupid but it's actually really nice when you simply need to type "wget" and don't have to move your right hand off the mouse to middle-button paste the url.
Anyway `wget` has always felt more like a user-facing command line file downloading utility where `curl` is more of a toolbox/library for crafting arbitrary HTTP requests. wget has a nicer UI, retries, partial downloading, batch downloading, recursive downloading, ...downloading.
AndrejB
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