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Old 02-22-2018
How to download compressed archive zips in bulky automatically using wget?

How to download in bulky compressed (zip, 7z, bzip, xz, etc) archive files from a repository automatically by use of wget ?
# 2  
Old 02-22-2018
Code:
wget http://path/to/file.gz

# 3  
Old 02-25-2018
I think he means multiple files.
If so, you can use a for loop and use wget and iterate over files.
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Old 04-23-2018
Code:
wget -nd -r -P /local/folder -A zip,7z,bzip,xz http://www.website.com

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