Wget is an ultra-fast command-line utility for downloading files from the web. With Wget, you can download files using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
In this post, I will be showing you how I use wget to migrate a large website from one server to another without downloading any file
To use the wget tool make sure the designation server or host has ssh or terminal access
Step 1
Zip or compress the content of your website root, give a simple name like “files.zip”,
Place this files.zip on the root directory of your website, this means if opening https://bennyondev.com/files.zip on the browser should start downloading files.zip
Step 2
Head over to the destination server, open the terminal and log in via ssh, on desired location (where you want to download files.zip to be saved)
wget https://bennyondev.com/files.zipThe above command will start downloading files.zip
this is helpful too if you are migrating a website of about 2gb files or more, using wget you won’t download and upload
If you had any issues using wget please post in the comment section
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