How to set proxy for wget?

Question

I want to download something with wget using a proxy:

HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080

The proxy does not need username and pa

Answer 1

export http_proxy=http://proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://proxy_host:proxy_port/

or

export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/

As all others explained here, these environment variable helps to pass on proxies.

Note: But please not that if the password contains any special character then that needs to be configured as %.

Example: If the password is pass#123, need to be used as pass%23123 in above export commands.