wget-help.1.20.3.reformatted.txt

GNU Wget 1.20.3, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Startup:
  --version                   
    (-V) display the version of Wget and exit
  --help                      
    (-h) print this help
  --background                
    (-b) go to background after startup
  --execute=COMMAND           
    (-e) execute a `.wgetrc'-style command

Logging and input file:
  --output-file=FILE          
    (-o) log messages to FILE
  --append-output=FILE        
    (-a) append messages to FILE
  --debug                     
    (-d) print lots of debugging information
  --quiet                     
    (-q) quiet (no output)
  --verbose                   
    (-v) be verbose (this is the default)
  --no-verbose                
    (-nv) turn off verboseness, without being quiet
  --report-speed=TYPE         
    output bandwidth as TYPE.  TYPE can be bits
  --input-file=FILE           
    (-i) download URLs found in local or external FILE
  --input-metalink=FILE       
    download files covered in local Metalink FILE
  --force-html                
    (-F) treat input file as HTML
  --base=URL                  
    (-B) resolves HTML input-file links (-i -F) relative to URL
  --config=FILE               
    specify config file to use
  --no-config                 
    do not read any config file
  --rejected-log=FILE         
    log reasons for URL rejection to FILE

Download:
  --tries=NUMBER              
    (-t) set number of retries to NUMBER (0 unlimits)
  --retry-connrefused         
    retry even if connection is refused
  --retry-on-http-error=ER    
    comma-separated list of HTTP errors to retry
  --output-document=FILE      
    (-O) write documents to FILE
  --no-clobber                
    (-nc) skip downloads that would download to existing files (overwriting them)
  --no-netrc                  
    don't try to obtain credentials from .netrc
  --continue                  
    (-c) resume getting a partially-downloaded file
  --start-pos=OFFSET          
    start downloading from zero-based position OFFSET
  --progress=TYPE             
    select progress gauge type
  --show-progress             
    display the progress bar in any verbosity mode
  --timestamping              
    (-N) don't re-retrieve files unless newer than local
  --no-if-modified-since      
    don't use conditional if-modified-since get requests in timestamping mode
  --no-use-server-timestamps  
    don't set the local file's timestamp by the one on the server
  --server-response           
    (-S) print server response
  --spider                    
    don't download anything
  --timeout=SECONDS           
    (-T) set all timeout values to SECONDS
  --dns-timeout=SECS          
    set the DNS lookup timeout to SECS
  --connect-timeout=SECS      
    set the connect timeout to SECS
  --read-timeout=SECS         
    set the read timeout to SECS
  --wait=SECONDS              
    (-w) wait SECONDS between retrievals
  --waitretry=SECONDS         
    wait 1..SECONDS between retries of a retrieval
  --random-wait               
    wait from 0.5*WAIT...1.5*WAIT secs between retrievals
  --no-proxy                  
    explicitly turn off proxy
  --quota=NUMBER              
    (-Q) set retrieval quota to NUMBER
  --bind-address=ADDRESS      
    bind to ADDRESS (hostname or IP) on local host
  --limit-rate=RATE           
    limit download rate to RATE
  --no-dns-cache              
    disable caching DNS lookups
  --restrict-file-names=OS    
    restrict chars in file names to ones OS allows
  --ignore-case               
    ignore case when matching files/directories
  --inet4-only                
    (-4) connect only to IPv4 addresses
  --inet6-only                
    (-6) connect only to IPv6 addresses
  --prefer-family=FAMILY      
    connect first to addresses of specified family, one of IPv6, IPv4, or none
  --user=USER                 
    set both ftp and http user to USER
  --password=PASS             
    set both ftp and http password to PASS
  --ask-password              
    prompt for passwords
  --use-askpass=COMMAND       
    specify credential handler for requesting username and password. If no COMMAND is specified the WGET_ASKPASS or the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable is used.
  --no-iri                    
    turn off IRI support
  --local-encoding=ENC        
    use ENC as the local encoding for IRIs
  --remote-encoding=ENC       
    use ENC as the default remote encoding
  --unlink                    
    remove file before clobber
  --keep-badhash              
    keep files with checksum mismatch (append .badhash)
  --metalink-index=NUMBER     
    Metalink application/metalink4+xml metaurl ordinal NUMBER
  --metalink-over-http        
    use Metalink metadata from HTTP response headers
  --preferred-location        
    preferred location for Metalink resources

Directories:
  --no-directories            
    (-nd) don't create directories
  --force-directories         
    (-x) force creation of directories
  --no-host-directories       
    (-nH) don't create host directories
  --protocol-directories      
    use protocol name in directories
  --directory-prefix=PREFIX   
    (-P) save files to PREFIX/..
  --cut-dirs=NUMBER           
    ignore NUMBER remote directory components

HTTP options:
  --http-user=USER            
    set http user to USER
  --http-password=PASS        
    set http password to PASS
  --no-cache                  
    disallow server-cached data
  --default-page=NAME         
    change the default page name (normally this is 'index.html'.)
  --adjust-extension          
    (-E) save HTML/CSS documents with proper extensions
  --ignore-length             
    ignore 'Content-Length' header field
  --header=STRING             
    insert STRING among the headers
  --compression=TYPE          
    choose compression, one of auto, gzip and none. (default: none)
  --max-redirect              
    maximum redirections allowed per page
  --proxy-user=USER           
    set USER as proxy username
  --proxy-password=PASS       
    set PASS as proxy password
  --referer=URL               
    include 'Referer: URL' header in HTTP request
  --save-headers              
    save the HTTP headers to file
  --user-agent=AGENT          
    (-U) identify as AGENT instead of Wget/VERSION
  --no-http-keep-alive        
    disable HTTP keep-alive (persistent connections)
  --no-cookies                
    don't use cookies
  --load-cookies=FILE         
    load cookies from FILE before session
  --save-cookies=FILE         
    save cookies to FILE after session
  --keep-session-cookies      
    load and save session (non-permanent) cookies
  --post-data=STRING          
    use the POST method; send STRING as the data
  --post-file=FILE            
    use the POST method; send contents of FILE
  --method=HTTPMethod         
    use method "HTTPMethod" in the request
  --body-data=STRING          
    send STRING as data. --method MUST be set
  --body-file=FILE            
    send contents of FILE. --method MUST be set
  --content-disposition       
    honor the Content-Disposition header when choosing local file names (EXPERIMENTAL)
  --content-on-error          
    output the received content on server errors
  --auth-no-challenge         
    send Basic HTTP authentication information without first waiting for the server's challenge

HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:
  --secure-protocol=PR        
    choose secure protocol, one of auto, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1_1, TLSv1_2 and PFS
  --https-only                
    only follow secure HTTPS links
  --no-check-certificate      
    don't validate the server's certificate
  --certificate=FILE          
    client certificate file
  --certificate-type=TYPE     
    client certificate type, PEM or DER
  --private-key=FILE          
    private key file
  --private-key-type=TYPE     
    private key type, PEM or DER
  --ca-certificate=FILE       
    file with the bundle of CAs
  --ca-directory=DIR          
    directory where hash list of CAs is stored
  --crl-file=FILE             
    file with bundle of CRLs
  --pinnedpubkey=FILE/HASHES  
    Public key (PEM/DER) file, or any number of base64 encoded sha256 hashes preceded by 'sha256//' and separated by ';', to verify peer against
  --random-file=FILE          
    file with random data for seeding the SSL PRNG

  --ciphers=STR           
    Set the priority string (GnuTLS) or cipher list string (OpenSSL) directly. Use with care. This option overrides --secure-protocol. The format and syntax of this string depend on the specific SSL/TLS engine.

HSTS options:
  --no-hsts                   
    disable HSTS
  --hsts-file                 
    path of HSTS database (will override default)

FTP options:
  --ftp-user=USER             
    set ftp user to USER
  --ftp-password=PASS         
    set ftp password to PASS
  --no-remove-listing         
    don't remove '.listing' files
  --no-glob                   
    turn off FTP file name globbing
  --no-passive-ftp            
    disable the "passive" transfer mode
  --preserve-permissions      
    preserve remote file permissions
  --retr-symlinks             
    when recursing, get linked-to files (not dir)

FTPS options:
  --ftps-implicit                 
    use implicit FTPS (default port is 990)
  --ftps-resume-ssl               
    resume the SSL/TLS session started in the control connection when opening a data connection
  --ftps-clear-data-connection    
    cipher the control channel only; all the data will be in plaintext
  --ftps-fallback-to-ftp          
    fall back to FTP if FTPS is not supported in the target server
WARC options:
  --warc-file=FILENAME        
    save request/response data to a .warc.gz file
  --warc-header=STRING        
    insert STRING into the warcinfo record
  --warc-max-size=NUMBER      
    set maximum size of WARC files to NUMBER
  --warc-cdx                  
    write CDX index files
  --warc-dedup=FILENAME       
    do not store records listed in this CDX file
  --no-warc-compression       
    do not compress WARC files with GZIP
  --no-warc-digests           
    do not calculate SHA1 digests
  --no-warc-keep-log          
    do not store the log file in a WARC record
  --warc-tempdir=DIRECTORY    
    location for temporary files created by the WARC writer

Recursive download:
  --recursive                 
    (-r) specify recursive download
  --level=NUMBER              
    (-l) maximum recursion depth (inf or 0 for infinite)
  --delete-after              
    delete files locally after downloading them
  --convert-links             
    (-k) make links in downloaded HTML or CSS point to local files
  --convert-file-only         
    convert the file part of the URLs only (usually known as the basename)
  --backups=N                 
    before writing file X, rotate up to N backup files
  --backup-converted          
    (-K) before converting file X, back up as X.orig
  --mirror                    
    (-m) shortcut for -N -r -l inf --no-remove-listing
  --page-requisites           
    (-p) get all images, etc. needed to display HTML page
  --strict-comments           
    turn on strict (SGML) handling of HTML comments

Recursive accept/reject:
  --accept=LIST               
    (-A) comma-separated list of accepted extensions
  --reject=LIST               
    (-R) comma-separated list of rejected extensions
  --accept-regex=REGEX        
    regex matching accepted URLs
  --reject-regex=REGEX        
    regex matching rejected URLs
  --regex-type=TYPE           
    regex type (posix|pcre)
  --domains=LIST              
    (-D) comma-separated list of accepted domains
  --exclude-domains=LIST      
    comma-separated list of rejected domains
  --follow-ftp                
    follow FTP links from HTML documents
  --follow-tags=LIST          
    comma-separated list of followed HTML tags
  --ignore-tags=LIST          
    comma-separated list of ignored HTML tags
  --span-hosts                
    (-H) go to foreign hosts when recursive
  --relative                  
    (-L) follow relative links only
  --include-directories=LIST  
    (-I) list of allowed directories
  --trust-server-names        
    use the name specified by the redirection URL's last component
  --exclude-directories=LIST  
    (-X) list of excluded directories
  --no-parent                 
    (-np) don't ascend to the parent directory

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