In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the Wget utility through practical examples and detailed explanations of the most common Wget options. What is Wget? GNU Wget is command line utility for downloading files from the web. With Wget you can download files using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. Wget provides a number of options allowing you to download multiple files, resume downloads, limit the bandwidth, recursive downloads, download in a background, mirror a website and much more.