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wget -m <nowiki>http://www.example.com</nowiki> | wget -m <nowiki>http://www.example.com</nowiki> | ||
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+ | *Mirror an entire subdirectory of a web site (with no parent option in case of backlinks): | ||
+ | wget -mk -w 20 -np <nowiki>http://example.com/foo/</nowiki> | ||
*Download all pages from a site and the pages the site links to (one-level deep): | *Download all pages from a site and the pages the site links to (one-level deep): |
Revision as of 02:08, 28 May 2008
wget — The non-interactive network downloader.
Contents
Usage
- Mirror an entire web site:
wget -m http://www.example.com
- Mirror an entire subdirectory of a web site (with no parent option in case of backlinks):
wget -mk -w 20 -np http://example.com/foo/
- Download all pages from a site and the pages the site links to (one-level deep):
wget -H -r --level=1 -k -p http://www.example.com
- Resume large file download:
wget -c --output-document=Bill_Maher_-_New_Rules_2007-03-15.avi "http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DhFjRI5jJ5I4&usg=AL29H23P1UQZRf0yDqRBlwB0jyfSLbzzhg"
- Schedule hourly downloads of a file
wget --output-document=traffic_$(date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H).gif "http://sm3.sitemeter.com/YOUR_CODE"
- Automatically download music (by Jeff Veen):
wget -r -l1 -H -t1 -nd -N -np -A.mp3 -erobots=off -i mp3_sites.txt
where mp3_sites.txt
lists your favourite (legal) download sites.
Download multiple files
- Create variable that holds all URLs and then using 'BASH for loop' to download all files:
% URLS="http://www.example.com/foo.tar.gz ftp://ftp.example.org/pub/bar.tar.gz"
- Use for loop as follows:
% for u in $URLS; do wget $u; done
- You can also put a list of the URLs in a file and download using the
-i
option:
% wget -i download.txt
Automating/scripting download process
#!/bin/sh # wget-list: manage the list of downloaded files # invoke wget-list without arguments while [ `find .wget-list -size +0` ] do url=`head -n1 .wget-list` wget -c $url sed -si 1d .wget-list done
#/bin/sh # wget-all: process .wget-list in every subdirectory # invoke wget-all without arguments find -name .wget-list -execdir wget-list ';'
#!/bin/sh # wget-dirs: run wget-all in specified directories # invoking: wget-dirs <path-to-directory> ... for dir in $* do pushd $dir wget-all popd done wget-all
See also
External links
- GNU Wget Manual — last update: 15-Jun-2005
- Geek to Live: Mastering Wget
- wget: your ultimate command line downloader