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> This is one often repeated reason why some users reach for wget instead of curl on the command line.

Is there a reason not to do that? I've always used wget and curl interchangeably, because both meet my moderate needs. Is there a reason I should avoid wget?

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sometimes when using containers, curl was already installed and I use that. Other times it is wget. I might want to skip adding "apt-get install wget" etc

the only reason i use wget over curl is that when i'm downloading a file, i don't have to specify the output file name with wget lol

-O (for name based on end of the URL) or -J (for name based on the returned HTTP header)

and wget is -o ; when i have a head full of tasks and code i only remember that they are different and tend to wget things, unless of course i am on a bsd and reach for fetch

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