How can I download a file unattended using wget (for example, I want to download a large ISO file in the background)?
wget -bqc http://path.com/url.iso
where:
-b: Go to background immediately after startup. If no output file is specified via the -o, output is redirected to wget-log.
-q: Turn off Wget's output (saves some disk space)
-c: Resume broken download i.e. continue getting a partially-downloaded file. This is useful when you want to finish up a download started by a previous instance of Wget, or by another program.
Alternative method:
Use nohup like this:
nohup wget http://example.com/dvd.iso &
exit