While all three of these Linux commands can be used to download files, if you want to know my preference, it's wget all the way (unless I need to add a layer of security, at which point I use scp).

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

For Linux, Mac, and Windows (PowerShell) an sftp session or scp command to an HPC front-end host can be done easily from on-campus (main or VIMS) or off-campus through the bastion host.

The deep imprint of scp's usability on developers also hinders the transition to new commands, Corbett said. by Alexander Boden In Linux, important command replacements such as ifconfig to ip and ...

The pscp command also has the same options as scp. One of the more useful of these is the recursive option that allows you to copy a group of files with one command. You can also use wildcards.