Wget: Skip download if file already exists?

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Answers to Skip download if files exist in wget? say to use -nc, or --no-clobber, but -nc doesn\'t prevent the sending of the HTTP req

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It appears you are using incompatible options, I get the following warning on wget 1.16 linux:

$ wget --no-clobber --convert-links http://example.com
Both --no-clobber and --convert-links were specified, only --convert-links will be used.