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Expand Up @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ You can start the download by pressing the _Download_ button.

![Funet FileSender download page](/img/funet_download.png)

You can also right click the download button and select _Copy Link_ to
You can also right click the _Download_ button and select _Copy Link_ to
get the download URL to the file. The URL can then be used to download the file
using another tool, for example [`wget`](wget.md):

Expand All @@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ wget "https://filesender.funet.fi/download.php?token=4da0-b98e-3290c6471469&file
```

!!! note "Note"
When downloading data from Funet FileSender with `wget` you must enclose
the download link with quotation marks and use option `-O` to define a file
name that will be used for the downloaded data.
1. When downloading data from Funet FileSender with `wget` you must enclose
the download link with quotation marks and use option `-O` to define a file
name that will be used for the downloaded data.
2. The `wget` method only works when downloading individual files. Copying
and using the URL of the _Download as single (.zip/.tar) file_ button to
download multiple files at once as an archive will unfortunately not
work.

## Using FileSender from the command-line

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