wget or something else?

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Sethable

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Mar 11, 2008

• #1

Alright I tried to get this darwin ports thing up and running to install wget.
Well let me tell you. That doesn't work. I would not consider myself new. I have always used bash and linux etc.
I just could not get darwin ports running at all.
I am running leopard btw.

So basically I need to know if there is something that does the same function as wget built in to osx already? if not what is everyone using as an alternative?

Thanks.

 

dvd

macrumors regular

• Mar 11, 2008

• #2

curl

 

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Sethable

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Mar 11, 2008

• #3

that is the worst replacement for wget I have ever seen.
I used to just be able to say wget http://www.universalhallpass.com/music/01 Ring of Fire 1.mp3

but now i have to say curl -C - -O http://www.universalhallpass.com/music/01 Ring of Fire 1.mp3

like wtf.

 

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live4ever

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 11, 2008

• #4

DeepVacuum

 

dvd

macrumors regular

• Mar 11, 2008

• #5

guess it just depends what you're used to. I used curl before I used wget. Best part is it's built in and you don't have to mess with trying to compile it.

Don't like the syntax, add this line to your .bash_profile:

alias wget='curl -C - -O'

Enjoy!

 

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burgen

macrumors newbie

• Mar 11, 2008

• #6

download the most recent source code of wget (i think it is 1.11). compile and make install on you own machine.

it worked for me.