wget for file downloads in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to download a file from a URL using wget.

Linux CLI

wget [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ahttp://example.com/file.txt

B-O output.txt

C-q

D--help

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like -O or -q without specifying the URL.

Trying to download without giving the file address.

The wget command followed by the URL downloads the file from that URL.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to save the downloaded file with a custom name.

Linux CLI

wget [1] http://example.com/file.txt

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A--help

B-q

C-c

D-O output.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -q which makes wget quiet but does not rename the file.

Forgetting to specify the output file name after the option.

The -O option followed by a filename saves the download with that name.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to resume a partially downloaded file.

Linux CLI

wget [1] http://example.com/largefile.zip

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-c

B-O

C-q

D--help

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -O which overwrites the file instead of resuming.

Using -q which only quiets output but does not resume.

The -c option tells wget to continue a download from where it left off.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to download a file quietly and save it with a custom name.

Linux CLI

wget [1] [2] http://example.com/data.csv

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-q

B-O data.csv

C-c

D--help

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -c instead of -q for quiet mode.

Forgetting to specify the filename after -O.

The -q option makes wget quiet, and -O followed by filename saves with that name.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to download a file, resume if interrupted, and save with a custom name.

Linux CLI

wget [1] [2] [3] http://example.com/video.mp4

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-q

B-c

C-O video.mp4

D--help

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of options.

Omitting the filename after -O.

Using --help which only shows help info.

Use -q for quiet, -c to continue downloads, and -O to set the output filename.