You need to use "screen"
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soft2050 Reviewed by soft2050 on . How to wget without leaving putty on Hey Guys I wanted to ask u is there a way i can wget without leaving the putty on as i need to wget 80gbs folder to another server of mine and i have some connection problems in my home connection ie if putty closes the wget also gets closed i think so is there a way to auto wget without me being connected to the net ? Rating: 5