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wget error–“zsh: parse error near &”

There is no doubt that I prefer wget way over any other type of downloads… Syntax: wget <DOWNLOAD_URL>   If you get this error “ zsh: parse error near & ” then its probably because your download URL has a “&” so you should try giving your DOWNLOAD_URL in double quotes wget “<DOWNLOAD_URL>”   If you are trying to download from a site which needs you to give your credentials then you can try giving it this way wget --http-user=<UserName> --http-password=<Password> “<DOWNLOAD_URL>”   Hope this helps

Useful Linux Commands - I

Want to know your system name? /bin/uname -n Know where you are in your file system:  pwd  The command will print Present Working Directory How do you create a shortcut in linux? ln How to extract compressed files? tar Downloading from a link can't be faster on any other OS :)  wget Forgot which commands you ran? history Want to see whats your disk space usage? df  df -h gives human formatted listing Most important command to know more about the above commands - Need more help about the commands? man