Downloading single file using wget
Let's get some hands on practice for the option flags that make wget such a popular file downloading tool.
This exercise is part of the course
Data Processing in Shell
Exercise instructions
- Fill in the option flag for resuming a partial download.
- Fill in the option flag for letting the download occur in the background.
- Preview the download log file
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Fill in the two option flags
wget ___ ___ https://assets.datacamp.com/production/repositories/4180/datasets/eb1d6a36fa3039e4e00064797e1a1600d267b135/201812SpotifyData.zip
# Verify that the Spotify file has been downloaded
ls
# Preview the log file
cat ___