Amazon.co.uk Widgets

Log in

X

I suppose the number one download for brew is wget which is missing from macOS probably due to its GPL licence which has terms Apple might prefer to avoid bundling directly into macOS.

WGET

wget is a command-line tool used to download files from the internet. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

Key Features:

  • Non-Interactive: Works in the background without needing user interaction, making it ideal for scripts or automation.
  • Recursive Downloading: Can mirror entire websites by downloading pages, images, and other linked files.
  • Resume Support: Can continue interrupted downloads.
  • Flexible Options: Supports proxies, authentication, and rate limiting.

TL:DR – brew install wget

Example Usage:

  • Download a single file:
    wget https://example.com/file.zip
  • Resume an interrupted download:
    wget -c https://example.com/file.zip
  • Mirror a website:
    wget -r -np -k https://example.com

It's a versatile tool, especially for scripting and bulk file downloads. There is extensive documentation available.

curl just isn't the same. I looked at building wget from source but it is a quagmire worth avoiding. Installing it via Homebrew was simple.

Install Homebrew 

% /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
 

 Install wget

% brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.
% brew install wget

Licences, trademarks, source code licences and attributions

Licences, trademarks, source code licences and attributions

Multizone and this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Joomla! Project™. Any products and services provided through this site are not supported or warrantied by The Joomla! Project or Open Source Matters, Inc. Use of the Joomla!® name, symbol, logo and related trademarks is permitted under a limited licence granted by Open Source Matters, Inc. 928uk® is a trademark of Multizone Limited, registered in the UK. AdMob™, AdSense™, AdWords™, Android™, Chrome OS™, Chromebook™, Chrome™, DART™, Flutter™, Firebase™, Firestore™, Fuchsia™, Gmail™, Google Maps™, Google Pixel™, Google Play™, Pixelbook Go™, and Pixel™ and other trademarks listed at the Google Brand Resource center are trademarks of Google LLC and this site is not endorsed by or affiliated with Google in any way. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. The OSI logo trademark is the trademark of Open Source Initiative. Microsoft, CoPilot, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. ROKU, the ROKU Logo, STREAMING STICK, ROKU TV, ROKU POWERED, the ROKU POWERED Logo, ROKU READY, the ROKU READY Logo, the purple fabric tag design,and the purple d-pad design are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Roku, Inc. in the UK, the United States and other countries. UNIX® and the X® logo are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Any other product or company names may be trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. Use of these trademarks in articles here does not apply affiliation or endorsement by any of them.

Where the source code is published here on ezone.co.uk or on our GitHub by Angus Fox, Multizone Limited it is licenced according to the open source practice for the project concerned.

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" Licence
Original source code for mobile apps are licenced using the same licence as the one used by "The Flutter Authors". This Licence, the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" Licence (bsd-3-clause) is a permissive licence with a clause that prohibits others from using the name of the project or its contributors to promote derived products without written consent.
GNU General Public Licence v2.0 or later
Original source code for Joomla! published here on ezone.co.uk by Angus Fox, Multizone Limited is licenced using the same licence as the one used by Joomla!. This Licence, the GNU General Public Licence Version 2 or later (gpl-2.0) is the most widely used free software licence and has a strong copyleft requirement. When distributing derived works, the source code of the work must be made available under the same licence.

You can use any code you find here, just respect the licences and dont use the name of this site or our company to promote derived products without written consent. I mean, why would you? You're not us!

Amazon Associate
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Logo
Our Logo Image is by Freepik. We chose it because its an M and also the letter A twice - and that represents us.