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bug: rtk wget interprets -O - flag as URL

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#716 opened on Mar 19, 2026

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Description

Problem

rtk wget https://example.com -O - fails with:

example.com FAILED: Prepended http:// to '-'

RTK treats - (stdout redirect) as a URL and prepends http:// to it.

Expected

Should pass -O - through to wget as a flag, not interpret it as a second URL.

Workaround

rtk wget https://example.com works (without -O -).

Found during

LLM comprehension testing on 57 RTK commands — this was the only command that failed.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the argument parsing logic in the `rtk wget` subcommand. Focus on how options and positional arguments are separated, especially the ` O` flag and the ` ` stdout redirect. Look for any assumption that all non flag arguments are URLs.
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rust
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