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+# http_downloader
+A simple download helper written in python3
+
+## What it does
+
+The program was intended to work as a simple downloader of multiple http urls using wget. The URLs are
+given in the first parameter of the program. Then it reads every line of the file and interprets it as
+one URL. Each line is passed to wget to download.
+
+## License
+
+GPLv3.0, see [here](LICENSE.md)
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