wget
In PowerShell, this command may be an alias ofInvoke-WebRequest
when the originalwget
program (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget) is not properly installed.
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Check whether
wget
is properly installed by printing its version number. If this command evaluates into an error, PowerShell may have substituted this command withInvoke-WebRequest
:
curl --version
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View documentation for the original
wget
command:
tldr wget -p common
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View documentation for the original
wget
command in older versions oftldr
command-line client:
tldr wget -o common
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View documentation for PowerShell's
Invoke-WebRequest
command:
tldr invoke-webrequest
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