====== Ubuntu - wget - Download in the Background ====== For a huge download, put the download in background using wget option **-b** as shown below. wget -b http://www.openss7.org/repos/tarballs/strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2 Displays: Continuing in background, pid 1984. Output will be written to `wget-log'. It will initiate the download and gives back the shell prompt to you. You can always check the status of the download using tail -f as shown below. tail -f wget-log Displays: Saving to: `strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2.4' 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 1% 65.5K 57s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2% 85.9K 49s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 3% 83.3K 47s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 5% 86.6K 45s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 6% 33.9K 56s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 7% 182M 46s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 9% 57.9K 47s Also, make sure to review our previous multitail article on how to use tail command effectively to view multiple files.