This wget recipe shows you how to set a custom HTTP referrer header in the request using --referer=URL.
Set a Fake Referrer
wget --referer=https://google.com https://catonmat.net
This recipe uses --referer to pretend that the request came from https://google.com. Some websites require this to grant access.
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