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How to change filename of a file downloaded with wget?

I am downloading a file from www.examplesite.com/textfile.txt

When running the following command

wget www.examplesite.com/textfile.txt

the file is saved as textfile. How can I save it as newfile.txt?

Solution

  • Use the -O file option.

    E.g.

    wget google.com
...
16:07:52 (538.47 MB/s) - `index.html' saved [10728]

    vs.

    wget -O foo.html google.com
...
16:08:00 (1.57 MB/s) - `foo.html' saved [10728]