Control the wget dot display to pretty-print retrieval status for large files which proved to be useful inside shell script or CI/CD jobs.

By default each dot represents 1K, there are ten dots in a cluster and fifty dots on each line, so each line contains 50K.

$ wget --progress=dot \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-25 23:16:46--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.14.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.14.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

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 13750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 78% 2.56M 1s
 13800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79% 6.46M 1s
 13850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79% 6.71M 1s
 13900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79% 3.50M 1s
 13950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79% 47.3M 1s
 14000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 80% 2.66M 1s
 14050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 80% 7.03M 1s
 14100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 80% 2.79M 1s
 14150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 81% 6.39M 1s
 14200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 81% 2.70M 1s
 14250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 81% 46.1M 1s
 14300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 81% 3.60M 1s
 14350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 82% 7.39M 1s
 14400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 82% 2.34M 1s
 14450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 82% 5.93M 1s
 14500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 2.58M 1s
 14550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 35.3M 1s
 14600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 27.2M 1s
 14650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 83% 3.35M 1s
 14700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 84% 5.62M 1s
 14750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 84% 2.53M 1s
 14800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 84% 4.71M 1s
 14850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 85% 3.42M 1s
 14900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 85% 45.3M 1s
 14950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 85% 3.13M 1s
 15000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 85% 7.46M 1s
 15050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 86% 2.63M 1s
 15100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 86% 7.48M 1s
 15150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 86% 6.89M 1s
 15200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 3.25M 1s
 15250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 8.19M 1s
 15300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 4.88M 0s
 15350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 87% 7.65M 0s
 15400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 88% 2.64M 0s
 15450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 88% 6.98M 0s
 15500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 88% 5.88M 0s
 15550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 89% 8.21M 0s
 15600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 89% 3.49M 0s
 15650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 89% 6.00M 0s
 15700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 89% 3.78M 0s
 15750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 90% 20.6M 0s
 15800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 90% 4.28M 0s
 15850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 90% 8.05M 0s
 15900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 5.46M 0s
 15950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 3.47M 0s
 16000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 6.97M 0s
 16050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91% 7.31M 0s
 16100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 6.65M 0s
 16150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 2.42M 0s
 16200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 7.74M 0s
 16250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 93% 6.44M 0s
 16300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 93% 8.71M 0s
 16350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 93% 6.21M 0s
 16400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 93% 2.61M 0s
 16450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 94% 5.30M 0s
 16500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 94% 11.8M 0s
 16550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 94% 8.58M 0s
 16600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 4.06M 0s
 16650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 5.26M 0s
 16700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 4.26M 0s
 16750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 10.7M 0s
 16800K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 96% 5.19M 0s
 16850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 96% 4.24M 0s
 16900K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 96% 3.01M 0s
 16950K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 97% 19.2M 0s
 17000K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 97% 1.95M 0s
 17050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 97% 47.5M 0s
 17100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 97% 41.8M 0s
 17150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 3.80M 0s
 17200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 6.60M 0s
 17250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 2.35M 0s
 17300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99% 6.54M 0s
 17350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99% 5.66M 0s
 17400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99% 7.05M 0s
 17450K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99% 7.31M 0s
 17500K .......... ..                                         100% 2.73M=3.9s

2022-06-25 23:16:50 (4.39 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]

Each dot represents 8K when using the binary style, there are sixteen dots in a cluster and forty eight dots on each line, so each line contains 384K.

$ wget --progress=dot:binary \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-26 01:20:55--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.14.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.14.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

     0K ................ ................ ................  2% 2.78M 6s
   384K ................ ................ ................  4% 6.57M 4s
   768K ................ ................ ................  6% 2.05M 5s
  1152K ................ ................ ................  8%  120M 4s
  1536K ................ ................ ................ 10%  317M 3s
  1920K ................ ................ ................ 13% 17.7M 3s
  2304K ................ ................ ................ 15% 8.64M 2s
  2688K ................ ................ ................ 17% 6.87M 2s
  3072K ................ ................ ................ 19% 4.29M 2s
  3456K ................ ................ ................ 21% 36.3M 2s
  3840K ................ ................ ................ 24% 8.62M 2s
  4224K ................ ................ ................ 26% 6.87M 2s
  4608K ................ ................ ................ 28% 8.61M 2s
  4992K ................ ................ ................ 30% 6.83M 2s
  5376K ................ ................ ................ 32% 6.86M 2s
  5760K ................ ................ ................ 35% 8.67M 2s
  6144K ................ ................ ................ 37% 5.46M 2s
  6528K ................ ................ ................ 39% 8.69M 2s
  6912K ................ ................ ................ 41% 6.82M 1s
  7296K ................ ................ ................ 43% 8.73M 1s
  7680K ................ ................ ................ 46% 6.84M 1s
  8064K ................ ................ ................ 48% 8.65M 1s
  8448K ................ ................ ................ 50% 6.85M 1s
  8832K ................ ................ ................ 52% 8.67M 1s
  9216K ................ ................ ................ 54% 6.84M 1s
  9600K ................ ................ ................ 57% 8.68M 1s
  9984K ................ ................ ................ 59% 6.83M 1s
 10368K ................ ................ ................ 61% 6.84M 1s
 10752K ................ ................ ................ 63% 8.64M 1s
 11136K ................ ................ ................ 65% 6.86M 1s
 11520K ................ ................ ................ 67% 8.67M 1s
 11904K ................ ................ ................ 70% 6.84M 1s
 12288K ................ ................ ................ 72% 8.65M 1s
 12672K ................ ................ ................ 74% 6.85M 1s
 13056K ................ ................ ................ 76% 8.68M 1s
 13440K ................ ................ ................ 78% 6.84M 1s
 13824K ................ ................ ................ 81% 6.75M 0s
 14208K ................ ................ ................ 83% 8.83M 0s
 14592K ................ ................ ................ 85% 6.82M 0s
 14976K ................ ................ ................ 87% 6.57M 0s
 15360K ................ ................ ................ 89% 6.81M 0s
 15744K ................ ................ ................ 92% 8.70M 0s
 16128K ................ ................ ................ 94% 6.83M 0s
 16512K ................ ................ ................ 96% 8.57M 0s
 16896K ................ ................ ................ 98% 6.87M 0s
 17280K ................ .............                    100% 8.14M=2.4s

2022-06-26 01:20:58 (7.17 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]

Each dot represents 64K when using the mega style, there are eight dots in a cluster and forty eight dots on each line, so each line contains 3M.

$ wget --progress=dot:mega \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-25 23:17:21--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.14.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.14.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

     0K ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 17% 5.08M 3s
  3072K ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 35% 9.38M 2s
  6144K ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 52% 7.64M 1s
  9216K ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 70% 7.44M 1s
 12288K ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 87% 7.65M 0s
 15360K ........ ........ ........ ........ .                100% 7.53M=2.4s

2022-06-25 23:17:24 (7.19 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]

Each dot represents 1M when using the giga style, there are eight dots in a cluster and thirty two dots on each line, so each line contains 32M.

$ wget --progress=dot:giga \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-25 23:18:06--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.114.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.114.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

     0K ........ ........ .                100% 5.14M=3.3s

2022-06-25 23:18:10 (5.14 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]

You can also define custom value for bytes per dot, there will be ten dots in a cluster and fifty dots on each line, so each line will contain 100M in the first case and 12.5M in the second one.

$ wget --progress=dot --execute dotbytes=2M \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-25 23:19:41--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.14.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.14.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

     0K ........                                              100% 5.20M=3.3s

2022-06-25 23:19:45 (5.20 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]
$ wget --progress=dot --execute dotbytes=0.25M \
       https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
--2022-06-25 23:24:53--  https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.2.3/terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)... 151.101.14.49
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.14.49|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17933271 (17M) [application/zip]
Saving to: 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip'

     0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 73% 6.17M 1s
 12800K .......... ........                                   100% 3.17M=3.5s

2022-06-25 23:24:57 (4.92 MB/s) - 'terraform_1.2.3_linux_arm64.zip' saved [17933271/17933271]

Now you can create pretty shell scripts using wget. Nice.