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 **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. **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.
  
-However, its simplicity belies its incredible versatility. As the [[anonymous:insurgency-wiki|Insurgency Wiki]] once said, it is //"the /i/nsurgent's Swiss army knife"//. It can do all sorts of things out of the box or with minor additional scripting, including but not limited to:+However, its simplicity belies its incredible versatility. As the [[site:insurgency-wiki|Insurgency Wiki]] once said, it is //"the /i/nsurgent's Swiss army knife"//. It can do all sorts of things out of the box or with minor additional scripting, including but not limited to:
  
   * Recursive downloads and unattended/background downloads.   * Recursive downloads and unattended/background downloads.
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