Wgetting

[wdlax11]

hey so im a new to linux i know basics and i am curious how i can run multiple wgets at once... every time i start 1 and then try to start another it just cancels the first one..

thanks

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

wget isn't capable of opening multiple connections at the same time, but there are two options that I can think of that might help.
First would be to use a program like aria2. Similar to a BitTorrent client.
I also came across this: wget download with multiple connection simultaneously - Stack Overflow

[clowenstein]

hey so im a new to linux i know basics and i am curious how i can run multiple wgets at once... every time i start 1 and then try to start another it just cancels the first one..

wget -b

Puts the wget process in the background, with log output going to a file wget-log.
You can start another wget in the background, and its log output will go to wget-log.1
And so on.

Log output can be read with a command like

tail -f wget-log

When you get tired of reading one log process, you can do ctrl-C followed by

tail -f wget-log.1

I don't usually run more than 3 wget processes at a time, because it tends to saturate my download capability.