Introduction
	Wget is a command-line utility for downloading files over HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. It is built for one job and does it very well: retrieving content non-interactively — so it keeps working after you log out, can resume an interrupted download, retries on a flaky connection, and can recurse through a site to mirror it. Wget is a close companion of cURL. Use Wget when the goal is to download files — one file, a list of them, or an entire directory tree. Use cURL when the goal is to interact with a service and read its response.
	Installation
	Check whether Wget is already present with wget --version. If not, connect to your VPS, become root, and install it: On FreeBSD 15: # pkg install wget On Rocky Linux 10: # dnf install wget
	Downloading Files
	In its simplest form, Wget takes a URL and saves the file into the current directory under its original name: $ wget https://example.com/software-1.2.tar.gz The options that come up most often handle the real-world cases — saving under a different name, resuming a partial download, downloading a list of URLs, and running quietly in the background: $ wget -O app.tar.gz https://example.com/download?id=42 # choose the output name $ wget -c https://example.com/big.iso # -c resumes an interrupted download $ wget -i urls.txt # fetch every URL listed in a file $ wget -b https://example.com/big.iso # -b runs in the background (logs to wget-log)
	Mirroring a Web Site
	Wget can download a site for offline viewing or for moving it to your VPS. The --mirror shortcut turns on recursion, timestamping, and infinite depth; the companion options rewrite links and pull in the page assets so the copy is usable locally: $ wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension \ --page-requisites --no-parent https://example.com/ NOTE: Recursive mirroring downloads a great many files and consumes bandwidth on both ends. Use --no-parent to stay within a sub-directory, --wait=1 to pause between requests, and please mirror only sites you own or have permission to copy. Always check a site's terms before mirroring it.
	Documentation
	The wget(1) manual page documents every option, and the GNU project publishes a complete reference manual: GNU Wget Manual