I'd like to know an equivalent to wget enabling me to set the proxy while calling the command (like wget --proxy=$http_proxy).
Any ideas ?
Without modifying your system files at /etc/wgetrc you could create a file at your home directory ~/.wgetrc. It will enable you to modify wget settings locally at user level. Now write the following at ~/.wgetrc to use wget behind a proxy server:
use_proxy = on
http_proxy = http://username:[email protected]:port/
https_proxy = http://username:[email protected]:port/
ftp_proxy = http://username:[email protected]:port/
If you do not have proxy username and password just write the proxy-address and port everywhere like,
http_proxy = http://proxy.server.address:port/
This should work. I am assuming you already have proxy settings for all other applications.
