1. Downloading files – this is the most simple function of wget, you can point it at a file and this will be retrieved to the directory that you’re currently working in. Example Usage : wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

2. Limit the download speed of your download – this is useful when you’re on a slow internet connection or have other downloads or uploads running. Example Usage : wget –limit-rate=10k http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

3. Make the file download run in the background – this is useful if you need to do other tasks at the same time. Example Usage : wget -b http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

4. Limit the size of the download – if you wish to download a file but have bandwidth limitations or download amount limitations. Below example is 5MB. Example Usage : wget -Q5m http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

5. Download all files from a website of a certain type. If you’d like to download all JPEG images from a certain site then you can use the following to download all images from the ForLinux website. Example Usage : wget -r -A.jpeg https://forlinux.co.uk/

Generally most of these tips can be combined and used together.