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How do I make wget properly quiet?

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wget always echoes system values to the console, even when I specify -q (quiet) on the command line, e.g.:

C:\> wget -q http://www.google.com/ SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc syswgetrc = C:\Program Files\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc  C:\> 

How do I make the noise stop?

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izb Avatar asked Sep 22 '09 09:09

izb


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that should work:

%> wget.exe parameters_here  1> NUL 2> NUL 
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akira Avatar answered Oct 08 '22 00:10

akira