How can I download a web page by using Wget?

Question

Firstly, i want download the web page: http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=161 I try to use the command：

wget -o 161.html http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=161

But it not work! Anyone help me ?

Answer 1

1. The URL you are providing to wget contains characters that have special meaning in the shell ( & ), therefore you have to escape them by putting them inside single quotes.

2. Option -o file is used to log all messages to the provided file.

   If you want the page to written to the provided file use option -O file (capital O ).

Try:

wget -O 161.html 'http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=161'