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--- tools:wget [2024/11/18 01:54] – [Advanced Tricks] Humphrey Boa-Gart
+++ tools:wget [2024/11/18 04:31] (current) – [Further Documentation] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ====== Wget ======
-[{{ :tools:wget.jpg|Pictured: Wget syntax usage.}}]
 **Wget** is a [[tools:bash|command line]] utility for downloading things from the internet. It is very simple to use: you feed a URL to the ''wget'' command, and it downloads it. It can download pretty much anything that your web browser can, only faster and with less overhead. Because it runs in the terminal, you can also use it on remote machines to download things where there is no browser or GUI.
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   * It also can be run [[wp>Headless_software|headless]] if you so desire.
-Since it is a very old //(and lightweight)// package, it is usually installed by default on most modern *nix distros, or at the very least is available in their default [[tools:package-manager|package manager]] repos. Read [[https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html|the manual]] for more detailed information.
+Since it is a very old //(and lightweight)// package, it is usually installed by default on most modern *nix distros, or at the very least is available in their default [[tools:package-manager|package manager]] repos.
-===== Basic Usage =====
+===== How to Use Wget =====
+[{{ :tools:wget.jpg|Pictured: Wget syntax usage.}}]
+Basic usage is simple. Just run:
+  wget <target url here>
+==== Rename Downloaded Files ====
+To save the file you are downloading under a new name, use the ''-O'' flag:
+  wget -O newfilename.zip https://domain.com/oldfilename.zip
+==== Download Multiple Files ====
+To provide Wget with a list of files to download, create a TXT file with one target per line, then run Wget with the ''-i'' flag:
+  wget -i /path/to/txtfile.txt
+==== Download Whole Sites ====
+Use the following flags to have Wget crawl and download an entire site:
+  wget -mpEk <target url here>
+==== Wget with FTP ====
+Wget supports downloading files from FTP servers, like so:
+  wget ftp://user:password@host/path
+If the FTP server is running on a non-standard port, you can specify it like this:
+  wget ftp://user:password@host:port/path
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 ==== Wget with Proxies ====
-To use wget in combination with [[tools:tor|Tor]] and [[tools:privoxy|Privoxy]] in their default configurations, use:
+To use wget in combination with [[tools:tor|Tor]] or [[tools:privoxy|Privoxy]] in their default configurations, use:
+  wget -e "http_proxy = http://ip:port/" <target url here>
+===== Weaponized Wget =====
+[[anonymous:anonops|AnonOps]] has devised several ways to deploy Wget **offensively**. Some of these methods are outlined below //(more methods coming eventually)//:
-  wget -e "http_proxy = http://ip:port/" "http://content"
 ==== Bandwidth Drain Attacks ====
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 There is also a Windows port of Wget as part of the [[https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm|GnuWin]] project.
+===== Further Documentation =====
+Run ''wget -h'' or ''man wget'' to bring up more information about Wget's available options in your terminal.
+Or visit the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html|official site]] for even more detailed information.
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