Wget

Wget is a really handy little command line utility. That assists downloading and retrieving of remote files.
 
Download Now        156Kb       Version: 1.5.3-6       Architecture: i386       Format: RPM
 
 

Installing:

Installation is very simple because this is an rpm. As root just type
 
     [root@kewllinuxbox root]# rpm -ivh wget-1.5.3-6.i386.rpm
     wget                     ##################################################
     [root@kewllinuxbox root]#
 
Each hash mark (#) represents 2% of the install completed.
 

Using:

This program is very simple to use, check out the following example.
 
     $ wget http://www.linuxinstruct.com/tutorials/wget/wget-1.5.3-6.i386.rpm
 
The first thing you will notice is that it displays a lot of information on the download. You might want to use this on its own terminal so you can continue working.
 
That will download the file from the following location. Many other handy arguments can be used but the most popular is the -c arugment. That is the continue arg. It allows you to cancel the download and pick up where you left off. Another handy arg is -q. That changes it output from verbose to quiet.
 
 
By Brad Davis