Comment by CJefferson

The alias is closer to:

    alias wcurl = curl -# -O $1 --location --remote-name --remote-time --retry 10 --retry-max-time 10 --continue-at -"

the main reason I use wget is because it automatically retries downloads, which is vital for my not-so-great internet, and an option I wish was on in curl by default, as half the world uses curl, and then keep trying to automatically download 400MB files, which I have trouble finishing.

Then, if you look at the script, it's basically that, with some minor cleaning up and nicer error handling.