How to change the destination of downloads when using wget?

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How to change the destination of downloads when using wget?

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07-02-2008, 08:40 PM	#1
Uxq LQ Newbie Registered: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Rep:	How to change the destination of downloads when using wget? When using wget I would like to be able to change the location of where it is downloaded to, eg, to either my desktop or flash drive. Could someone provide the commands for this please? Last edited by Uxq; 07-02-2008 at 08:42 PM.

07-02-2008, 08:56 PM	#2
pixellany LQ Veteran Registered: Nov 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD Distribution: Mint Posts: 17,809 Rep:	This is in the man page for wget: man wget

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