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3 Invoking

By default, Wget is very simple to invoke. The basic syntax is:

wget [options] URL1 [URL2 ...]

URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, as defined later (See section 4 URL Conventions).

Be aware that ksh and its descendants (like zsh) kill off the background processes during logout. To prevent this, use nohup, as documented in system manuals.

However, you may wish to change some of the default parameters of Wget. You can do it two ways: permanently, adding the appropriate command to `.wgetrc' (See section 7 Startup File), or specifying it on the command line.


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