OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget
I'm going to have to say curl http://127.0.0.1:8000 -o outfile
brew install wget
Homebrew is a package manager for OSX analogous to yum, apt-get, choco, emerge, etc. Be aware that you will also need to install Xcode and the Command Line Tools. Virtually anyone who uses the command line in OSX will want to install these things anyway.
If you can't or don't want to use homebrew, you could also:
Install wget manually:
curl -# "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.17.1.tar.xz" -o "wget.tar.xz"
tar xf wget.tar.xz
cd wget-1.17.1
./configure --with-ssl=openssl -with-libssl-prefix=/usr/local/ssl && make -j8 && make install
Or, use a bash alias:
function _wget() { curl "${1}" -o $(basename "${1}") ; };
alias wget='_wget'
Curl has a mode that is almost equivalent to the default wget.
curl -O <url>
This works just like
wget <url>
And, if you like, you can add this to your .bashrc:
alias wget='curl -O'
It's not 100% compatible, but it works for the most common wget usage (IMO)