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# wget2

> An improved version of `wget` for downloading files from the web.
> Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTP/2 protocols with enhanced performance.
> By default, `wget2` uses multiple threads for faster downloads.
> More information: <https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2>.

- Download the contents of a URL to a file using multiple threads (default behavior differs from `wget`):

`wget2 {{https://example.com/foo}}`

- Limit the number of threads used for downloading (default is 5 threads):

`wget2 --max-threads={{10}} {{https://example.com/foo}}`

- Download a single web page and all its resources (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.):

`wget2 --page-requisites --convert-links {{https://example.com/somepage.html}}`

- Mirror a website, but do not ascend to the parent directory (does not download embedded page elements):

`wget2 --mirror --no-parent {{https://example.com/somepath/}}`

- Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries:

`wget2 --limit-rate={{300k}} --tries={{100}} {{https://example.com/somepath/}}`

- Continue an incomplete download (behavior is consistent with `wget`):

`wget2 --continue {{https://example.com}}`

- Download all URLs stored in a text file to a specific directory:

`wget2 --directory-prefix {{path/to/directory}} --input-file {{URLs.txt}}`

- Download a file from an HTTP server using Basic Auth (also works for HTTPS):

`wget2 --user={{username}} --password={{password}} {{https://example.com}}`
