How Do I Download a Text File in Linux?

Use the Linux command wget to download files to your computer. Run it interactively through a shell prompt or batch your downloads into a text file to automate the download. For most distributions, wget installs by default, but if you can’t find it, install it through your package manager.

How do I download a file in Linux?

5 Linux Command Line Based Tools for Downloading Files and Browsing Websites

1. rTorrent. rTorrent is a text-based BitTorrent client which is written in C++ aimed at high performance. …
2. Wget. Wget is a part of the GNU Project, the name is derived from World Wide Web (WWW). …
3. cURL. …
4. w3m. …
5. Elinks.

How do I download a text file from terminal?

1 Answer

1. open your file URL in a new tab.
2. open Developer tools (View -> Developer -> Developer Tools)
3. switch to Network tab in the tools.
4. refresh the page, a request should appear in the “Network” tab.
5. Right-click the request, choose “Copy -> Copy as cURL”
6. paste the command in the shell.