[BL] Running Linux 55

Olle Tannebo olle.tannebo at mbox300.swipnet.se
Sun Feb 25 20:25:26 EST 2007


Greg Mayman skrev:
> The trouble is that I use wget so rarely (other than in calls
> from batch files) that I tend to forget some of the functions,
> and the doc file is 164k long, plain text, which takes a while to
> go through.

164k? Here's a handy alternative:
wget --help

hth
/Olle


[sorry about the lines wrapping]

$ wget --help
GNU Wget 1.10.2, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

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

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

Logging and input file:
   -o,  --output-file=FILE    log messages to FILE.
   -a,  --append-output=FILE  append messages to FILE.
   -d,  --debug               print lots of debugging information.
   -q,  --quiet               quiet (no output).
   -v,  --verbose             be verbose (this is the default).
   -nv, --no-verbose          turn off verboseness, without being quiet.
   -i,  --input-file=FILE     download URLs found in FILE.
   -F,  --force-html          treat input file as HTML.
   -B,  --base=URL            prepends URL to relative links in -F -i file.

Download:
   -t,  --tries=NUMBER            set number of retries to NUMBER (0 
unlimits).
        --retry-connrefused       retry even if connection is refused.
   -O,  --output-document=FILE    write documents to FILE.
   -nc, --no-clobber              skip downloads that would download to
                                  existing files.
   -c,  --continue                resume getting a partially-downloaded 
file.
        --progress=TYPE           select progress gauge type.
   -N,  --timestamping            don't re-retrieve files unless newer than
                                  local.
   -S,  --server-response         print server response.
        --spider                  don't download anything.
   -T,  --timeout=SECONDS         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.
   -w,  --wait=SECONDS            wait SECONDS between retrievals.
        --waitretry=SECONDS       wait 1..SECONDS between retries of a 
retrieval.
        --random-wait             wait from 0...2*WAIT secs between 
retrievals.
   -Y,  --proxy                   explicitly turn on proxy.
        --no-proxy                explicitly turn off proxy.
   -Q,  --quota=NUMBER            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.
        --user=USER               set both ftp and http user to USER.
        --password=PASS           set both ftp and http password to PASS.

Directories:
   -nd, --no-directories           don't create directories.
   -x,  --force-directories        force creation of directories.
   -nH, --no-host-directories      don't create host directories.
        --protocol-directories     use protocol name in directories.
   -P,  --directory-prefix=PREFIX  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.
   -E,  --html-extension        save HTML documents with `.html' extension.
        --ignore-length         ignore `Content-Length' header field.
        --header=STRING         insert STRING among the headers.
        --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.
   -U,  --user-agent=AGENT      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.

HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:
        --secure-protocol=PR     choose secure protocol, one of auto, SSLv2,
                                 SSLv3, and TLSv1.
        --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 CA's.
        --ca-directory=DIR       directory where hash list of CA's is 
stored.
        --random-file=FILE       file with random data for seeding the 
SSL PRNG.
        --egd-file=FILE          file naming the EGD socket with random 
data.

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.
        --retr-symlinks         when recursing, get linked-to files (not 
dir).
        --preserve-permissions  preserve remote file permissions.

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

Recursive accept/reject:
   -A,  --accept=LIST               comma-separated list of accepted 
extensions.
   -R,  --reject=LIST               comma-separated list of rejected 
extensions.
   -D,  --domains=LIST              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.
   -H,  --span-hosts                go to foreign hosts when recursive.
   -L,  --relative                  follow relative links only.
   -I,  --include-directories=LIST  list of allowed directories.
   -X,  --exclude-directories=LIST  list of excluded directories.
   -np, --no-parent                 don't ascend to the parent directory.

Mail bug reports and suggestions to <bug-wget at gnu.org>.




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