What is better, curl or wget?

Asked 2009-03-11T20:57:58.673

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Are they the same or not? Can certain things be done with one but not the other? What are those? Or is it, at the end of the day, a matter of familiarity?

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They both offer endless options, most of which I've never used. However, I tend to like wget more as it by default saves the output from the URL you give — perfect for downloading. Curl goes the other way, and displays the output directly to the terminal (by default).

answered 2009-03-11T21:03:03.747

What is better, curl or wget?

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