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GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes

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Marcus Nestor
Jan 19, 2026

Highlights of the GNU Wget 2.2.1 release include a new –show-progress argument to improve backwards compatibility to wget, the ability to prevent file truncation with the –no-clobber argument, and support for using the local system timestamp when requested via the –no-use-server-timestamps argument.

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Marcus Nestor

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