Once all of the files have been downloaded, you can check them to make sure that they are the right files. cplager@fcdflnx2> md5sum *.root b8534630e14735ef681520821c6873e8 hepmc_00l.root 8a7d5f05a80ce8b5b501462343fabfa5 hepmc_00m.root 378a8317d5c1c1ca4cc82a3c0245e2f4 hepmc_01.root b1be6ec58b6b629a039c314332d21ddb hepmc_02.root c296705a7385a3c1ac031bd55e7c3406 hepmc_03p.root 3a05fa3233e18f6378e00aa3ff84d5cf hepmc_mcfmw1.root To get all of the files at once using wget: wget -r -l1 --no-parent -A.root http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/ mv hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/*.root . rm -rf hcpss.plager.net To get them all using curl: curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_00l.root curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_00m.root curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_01.root curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_02.root curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_03p.root curl -O http://hcpss.plager.net/files/rootfiles/hepmc_mcfmw1.root