wget:tldr:71862

wget: Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "bar" in this case).

wget

$ wget --output-document ${bar} ${https:--example-com-foo}

try on your machine

The command you provided is using the wget utility to download a file from a specified URL and save it with a specific name.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

wget: This is the command itself, which stands for "web get" and is used to retrieve files from web servers.
--output-document: This option specifies the name of the downloaded file.
${bar}: This is a variable placeholder denoted by ${}. The value of the ${bar} variable is expected to be provided elsewhere in the script or command. It will be used as the name of the output file.
${https:--example-com-foo}: Similarly, this is a variable placeholder representing the URL of the file to be downloaded. The actual URL value should be assigned to ${https:--example-com-foo} before running the command.

Therefore, when executing this command, you need to replace ${bar} with the desired name for the output file and ${https:--example-com-foo} with the specific URL from which you want to download a file. For example:

wget --output-document my_file.txt https://example.com/foo

In this modified command, the file from https://example.com/foo will be downloaded and saved as my_file.txt.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

back to the wget tool