What is the difference between curl and wget?
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I am keen to know the difference between curl and wget. Both are used to get files and documents but what the key difference between them.
Why are there two different programs?
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I am keen to know the difference between curl and wget. Both are used to get files and documents but what the key difference between them.
Why are there two different programs?
utilities wget curl download
edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
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Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
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An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
– Habeeb Perwad
Sep 26 '15 at 9:50
Fromcurlauthor: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html
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I am keen to know the difference between curl and wget. Both are used to get files and documents but what the key difference between them.
Why are there two different programs?
utilities wget curl download
edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
polym
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asked Sep 7 '12 at 4:51
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I am keen to know the difference between curl and wget. Both are used to get files and documents but what the key difference between them.
Why are there two different programs?
utilities wget curl download
utilities wget curl download
edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
polym
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asked Sep 7 '12 at 4:51
lakesh
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edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
polym
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edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
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edited Jul 31 '14 at 16:42
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Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
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An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
– Habeeb Perwad
Sep 26 '15 at 9:50
Fromcurlauthor: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html
– Vanni
Oct 16 '17 at 13:29
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Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
3
An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
– Habeeb Perwad
Sep 26 '15 at 9:50
Fromcurlauthor: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html
– Vanni
Oct 16 '17 at 13:29
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Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
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An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
– Habeeb Perwad
Sep 26 '15 at 9:50
An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
– Habeeb Perwad
Sep 26 '15 at 9:50
From
curl author: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html– Vanni
Oct 16 '17 at 13:29
From
curl author: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html– Vanni
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The main differences are:
wget's major strong side compared tocurlis its ability to download recursively.wgetis command line only. There's no lib or anything, butcurl's features are powered by libcurl.curlsupportsFTP,FTPS,HTTP,HTTPS,SCP,SFTP,TFTP,TELNET,DICT,LDAP,LDAPS,FILE,POP3,IMAP,SMTP,RTMPandRTSP.wgetsupportsHTTP,HTTPSandFTP.curlbuilds and runs on more platforms thanwget.wgetit's released under a free software copyleft license (the GNU GPL).curlis released under a free software permissive license (a MIT derivate).curloffers upload and sending capabilities.wgetonly offers plain HTTP POST support.
You can see more details at the following link:
curl vs Wget
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
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answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
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Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
One of the thingswgetdoes that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability.curlis very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.
– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
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In a few words:
wgetis a tool to download files from serverscurlis a tool that let's you exchange requests/responses with a server
wget
Wget solely let's you download files from an HTTP/HTTPS or FTP server. You give it a link and it automatically downloads the file where the link points to. It builds the request automatically.
curl
Curl in contrast to wget let's you build the request as you wish. This gives a lot of freedom to the user and makes an amazing debugging tool. Add to that the other key difference between the two; the plethora of protocols supported. Curl supports FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, RTSP and URI. Combine these two key points and you have an amazing tool to test protocols, test server configuration, etc.
As many say, you can download a file with curl. That however is only useful if you happen to want to downlaod a file from a server that uses a protocol that wget doesn't support.
answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
Pithikos
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Actuallywgetalso follows the redirect then saves the response unlikecurl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviourwget -qO - http://google.co.uk/orcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html
– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.htmlis not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.
– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk -o index.htmlwould use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with>.
– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
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Actually, the major difference is that curl includes a library (libcurl), and that library is widely used by other applications. wget is standalone.
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3 Answers
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active
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active
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184
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accepted
The main differences are:
wget's major strong side compared tocurlis its ability to download recursively.wgetis command line only. There's no lib or anything, butcurl's features are powered by libcurl.curlsupportsFTP,FTPS,HTTP,HTTPS,SCP,SFTP,TFTP,TELNET,DICT,LDAP,LDAPS,FILE,POP3,IMAP,SMTP,RTMPandRTSP.wgetsupportsHTTP,HTTPSandFTP.curlbuilds and runs on more platforms thanwget.wgetit's released under a free software copyleft license (the GNU GPL).curlis released under a free software permissive license (a MIT derivate).curloffers upload and sending capabilities.wgetonly offers plain HTTP POST support.
You can see more details at the following link:
curl vs Wget
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
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answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
One of the thingswgetdoes that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability.curlis very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.
– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
add a comment |Â
up vote
184
down vote
accepted
The main differences are:
wget's major strong side compared tocurlis its ability to download recursively.wgetis command line only. There's no lib or anything, butcurl's features are powered by libcurl.curlsupportsFTP,FTPS,HTTP,HTTPS,SCP,SFTP,TFTP,TELNET,DICT,LDAP,LDAPS,FILE,POP3,IMAP,SMTP,RTMPandRTSP.wgetsupportsHTTP,HTTPSandFTP.curlbuilds and runs on more platforms thanwget.wgetit's released under a free software copyleft license (the GNU GPL).curlis released under a free software permissive license (a MIT derivate).curloffers upload and sending capabilities.wgetonly offers plain HTTP POST support.
You can see more details at the following link:
curl vs Wget
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
One of the thingswgetdoes that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability.curlis very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.
– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
add a comment |Â
up vote
184
down vote
accepted
up vote
184
down vote
accepted
The main differences are:
wget's major strong side compared tocurlis its ability to download recursively.wgetis command line only. There's no lib or anything, butcurl's features are powered by libcurl.curlsupportsFTP,FTPS,HTTP,HTTPS,SCP,SFTP,TFTP,TELNET,DICT,LDAP,LDAPS,FILE,POP3,IMAP,SMTP,RTMPandRTSP.wgetsupportsHTTP,HTTPSandFTP.curlbuilds and runs on more platforms thanwget.wgetit's released under a free software copyleft license (the GNU GPL).curlis released under a free software permissive license (a MIT derivate).curloffers upload and sending capabilities.wgetonly offers plain HTTP POST support.
You can see more details at the following link:
curl vs Wget
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
The main differences are:
wget's major strong side compared tocurlis its ability to download recursively.wgetis command line only. There's no lib or anything, butcurl's features are powered by libcurl.curlsupportsFTP,FTPS,HTTP,HTTPS,SCP,SFTP,TFTP,TELNET,DICT,LDAP,LDAPS,FILE,POP3,IMAP,SMTP,RTMPandRTSP.wgetsupportsHTTP,HTTPSandFTP.curlbuilds and runs on more platforms thanwget.wgetit's released under a free software copyleft license (the GNU GPL).curlis released under a free software permissive license (a MIT derivate).curloffers upload and sending capabilities.wgetonly offers plain HTTP POST support.
You can see more details at the following link:
curl vs Wget
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
edited Aug 31 at 6:16
Pradeep Anchan
53
53
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
answered Sep 7 '12 at 4:56
Saeed Zarinfam
2,34221214
2,34221214
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
One of the thingswgetdoes that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability.curlis very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.
– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
add a comment |Â
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
One of the thingswgetdoes that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability.curlis very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.
– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
Thanks, this is exactly what I've been wondering about for a few hours. I used wget to do a recursive spider on a site, seems stalled on a page that has eleventy bazillion links on it. The reality is it's running at 100% CPU on one core. Was hoping that there was something better that does that newfangled multicore thing I've been hearing about.
– Brian Topping
Jun 7 '15 at 10:13
1
1
One of the things
wget does that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability. curl is very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
One of the things
wget does that is left out of this answer is http mirroring (or 'spidering') ability. curl is very good at what it does, but it alone is not intended to be used to mirror a web site.– jsbillings
Sep 26 '15 at 12:38
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
What about wput being an alias, supporting ftp.
– mckenzm
Jan 23 '17 at 5:01
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
These phrases have no sense: "and all copyrights are assigned to FSF", "is entirely stand-alone and independent with no organization parenting at all". It's obvious that the author of cURL is the copyright owner of it. It's obvious that the author of wget is the copyright owner of it. But both are free as in freedom software. You can say instead that wget is under a copyleft license, and cURL under a permissive license.
– Valerio Bozz
Apr 11 at 11:59
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up vote
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In a few words:
wgetis a tool to download files from serverscurlis a tool that let's you exchange requests/responses with a server
wget
Wget solely let's you download files from an HTTP/HTTPS or FTP server. You give it a link and it automatically downloads the file where the link points to. It builds the request automatically.
curl
Curl in contrast to wget let's you build the request as you wish. This gives a lot of freedom to the user and makes an amazing debugging tool. Add to that the other key difference between the two; the plethora of protocols supported. Curl supports FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, RTSP and URI. Combine these two key points and you have an amazing tool to test protocols, test server configuration, etc.
As many say, you can download a file with curl. That however is only useful if you happen to want to downlaod a file from a server that uses a protocol that wget doesn't support.
answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
Pithikos
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Actuallywgetalso follows the redirect then saves the response unlikecurl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviourwget -qO - http://google.co.uk/orcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html
– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.htmlis not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.
– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk -o index.htmlwould use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with>.
– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
add a comment |Â
up vote
33
down vote
In a few words:
wgetis a tool to download files from serverscurlis a tool that let's you exchange requests/responses with a server
wget
Wget solely let's you download files from an HTTP/HTTPS or FTP server. You give it a link and it automatically downloads the file where the link points to. It builds the request automatically.
curl
Curl in contrast to wget let's you build the request as you wish. This gives a lot of freedom to the user and makes an amazing debugging tool. Add to that the other key difference between the two; the plethora of protocols supported. Curl supports FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, RTSP and URI. Combine these two key points and you have an amazing tool to test protocols, test server configuration, etc.
As many say, you can download a file with curl. That however is only useful if you happen to want to downlaod a file from a server that uses a protocol that wget doesn't support.
answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
Pithikos
1,09931318
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Actuallywgetalso follows the redirect then saves the response unlikecurl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviourwget -qO - http://google.co.uk/orcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html
– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.htmlis not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.
– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk -o index.htmlwould use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with>.
– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
add a comment |Â
up vote
33
down vote
up vote
33
down vote
In a few words:
wgetis a tool to download files from serverscurlis a tool that let's you exchange requests/responses with a server
wget
Wget solely let's you download files from an HTTP/HTTPS or FTP server. You give it a link and it automatically downloads the file where the link points to. It builds the request automatically.
curl
Curl in contrast to wget let's you build the request as you wish. This gives a lot of freedom to the user and makes an amazing debugging tool. Add to that the other key difference between the two; the plethora of protocols supported. Curl supports FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, RTSP and URI. Combine these two key points and you have an amazing tool to test protocols, test server configuration, etc.
As many say, you can download a file with curl. That however is only useful if you happen to want to downlaod a file from a server that uses a protocol that wget doesn't support.
answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
Pithikos
1,09931318
In a few words:
wgetis a tool to download files from serverscurlis a tool that let's you exchange requests/responses with a server
wget
Wget solely let's you download files from an HTTP/HTTPS or FTP server. You give it a link and it automatically downloads the file where the link points to. It builds the request automatically.
curl
Curl in contrast to wget let's you build the request as you wish. This gives a lot of freedom to the user and makes an amazing debugging tool. Add to that the other key difference between the two; the plethora of protocols supported. Curl supports FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, Telnet, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, RTSP and URI. Combine these two key points and you have an amazing tool to test protocols, test server configuration, etc.
As many say, you can download a file with curl. That however is only useful if you happen to want to downlaod a file from a server that uses a protocol that wget doesn't support.
answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
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answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
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answered Aug 15 '14 at 13:13
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Actuallywgetalso follows the redirect then saves the response unlikecurl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviourwget -qO - http://google.co.uk/orcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html
– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.htmlis not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.
– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk -o index.htmlwould use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with>.
– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
add a comment |Â
2
Actuallywgetalso follows the redirect then saves the response unlikecurl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviourwget -qO - http://google.co.uk/orcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html
– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk/ > index.htmlis not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.
– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtmcurl http://google.co.uk -o index.htmlwould use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with>.
– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
2
2
Actually
wget also follows the redirect then saves the response unlike curl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviour wget -qO - http://google.co.uk/ or curl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
Actually
wget also follows the redirect then saves the response unlike curl. Both can achieve the opposite to the default behaviour wget -qO - http://google.co.uk/ or curl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html– Matt
Aug 15 '14 at 17:46
@mtm
curl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html is not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtm
curl http://google.co.uk/ > index.html is not using an inbuilt functionality though. Anyway the main distinction is the purpose each tool was made for. There is not denying that tools evolve and many times deviate from their initial trajectory.– Pithikos
Aug 16 '14 at 10:24
@mtm
curl http://google.co.uk -o index.html would use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with >.– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
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curl http://google.co.uk -o index.html would use curl's internals instead of shell output redirection with >.– Petrus Repo
Jan 15 '15 at 11:35
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Actually, the major difference is that curl includes a library (libcurl), and that library is widely used by other applications. wget is standalone.
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Actually, the major difference is that curl includes a library (libcurl), and that library is widely used by other applications. wget is standalone.
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Actually, the major difference is that curl includes a library (libcurl), and that library is widely used by other applications. wget is standalone.
answered Apr 20 '13 at 17:02
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Actually, the major difference is that curl includes a library (libcurl), and that library is widely used by other applications. wget is standalone.
answered Apr 20 '13 at 17:02
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Main difference is that wget is used to download things while curl is used to test communication by using a specific protocol.
– Pithikos
Aug 15 '14 at 13:29
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An interesting fact about wget: > Wget can be typed in using only the left hand on a qwerty keyboard!
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curlauthor: daniel.haxx.se/docs/curl-vs-wget.html– Vanni
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