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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T10:49:21+00:00 2026-06-17T10:49:21+00:00

Trying to do a script to download a file using wget, or curl if

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Trying to do a script to download a file using wget, or curl if wget doesn’t exist in Linux. How do I have the script check for existence of wget?

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    2026-06-17T10:49:23+00:00Added an answer on June 17, 2026 at 10:49 am
    wget http://download/url/file 2>/dev/null || curl -O  http://download/url/file
    
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