[PLUG] Using wget/curl to download all files in directory

wes plug at the-wes.com
Mon Feb 6 06:44:49 UTC 2012


On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, Jim Garrison wrote:
>
> > What type of URL is it?
>
>   HTTP
>
>    When I navigate to that page I can see all the files and select each one
> to download individually from within the browser. I thought there was a
> command line tool that would download all (or all specified) files from a
> supplied URL.
>
> Rich
>
>
I do this all the time with wget. I use -r  to get everything, then remove
what I don't want afterwards.

As I recall, the wildcards (*, ?, etc) only work with FTP.

If you are having trouble with this, post your specific challenge and we'll
see what's going on. Or, send me the URL off-list and I'll check it out.

-wes



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