Disable wget's progress bar but still get some output

Computer Tips - Disable wget's progress bar but still get some output

Date: 2015jun30 OS: Linux Product: wget Keywords: curl, download Q. Disable wget's progress bar but still get some output (ie not totally silent) A. Use the -nv option:

wget -nv http://example.com

The man page says:

-nv --no-verbose Turn off verbose without being completely quiet (use -q for that), which means that error messages and basic information still get printed.