Curl VS Wget: What Even Is The Difference

When you think of basic tools to grab data over a network on Linux 2 projects come to mind, curl and wget, but what even are the differences.

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[GSBarlev]

My professional advice for when to use wget vs. when to use curl:

- when the command you're copy/pasting uses wget, use wget
- when the command you're copy/pasting uses curl, use curl

[esra_erimez]

I always wondered about the difference between curl and wget.

[capability-snob]

wget is the high level tool, curl is the one to use from a script or pipeline.
Though lately I spell the latter "pypy3; import requests" as I don't need to consult a man page to use that.

[laughingvampire]

I knew about wget for 10 years without even knowing about curl

[laughingvampire]

and that is why wget is superior to curl imho because that is how the web works, is hypermedia, you have to understand the basics of hypermedia, there is no point in making a program that does not understand it.