These wget recipes show you how to avoid downloading files with certain extensions by using the --reject option.
Don't Download ZIP Files
wget --reject=zip https://example.com/files/
This recipe prevents wget from downloading any .zip files by using the --reject=zip option. You can pass a comma-separated list to reject multiple types.
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