wget command help

munkeevegetable · 11-03-2004, 08:52 AM

Hi, got a real newbie question here..
When using wget, what are the wildcards in the command?
it doesn't seem to say anything about wildcards in the help..

i.e. if i want to get pages foo1.html to foo19.html from http://www.randomsite.com/~jim/foo???.html
what are the wildcards i put instead of ???

edit: removed extra q'n /edit

thanks,
--munkeevegetable

acid_kewpie · 11-03-2004, 09:00 AM

wget can't do that... lok at curl though, that'll do exactly what you're after.

munkeevegetable · 11-03-2004, 09:02 AM

heh, i know that it does it, because my brother always uses wget to save that way.. i just wish i could remember the wildcards he used..

munkeevegetable · 11-03-2004, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by munkeevegetable
heh, i know that it does it, because my brother always uses wget to save that way.. i just wish i could remember the wildcards he used..

just remembered, twas maybe images he saved, not websites... not sure.. it works for one website, and recursively for images..
hmmms..

acid_kewpie · 11-03-2004, 09:08 AM

wget can do recursive gets using the -m option, but i really don't think it can actually handle patterns

munkeevegetable · 11-03-2004, 09:08 AM

okee doke. thanks for your help

ill have a go.. if it doesnt work, ill just go thru one by one.. or have a look at curl
--m.v

kenlinux · 11-03-2004, 10:23 AM

In fact....
you can use shell script to do that
For example:

#!/bin/bash

for (( i = 1; i <= 19; i++ ))
do
wget -c -t 0 http://www.randomsite.com/~jim/foo$i.html
done

robert644 · 11-03-2004, 02:15 PM

wget -r -l 2 http://www.randomsite.com/~jim/

Genesee · 11-03-2004, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by robert644
wget -r -l 2 http://www.randomsite.com/~jim/

but I believe that will pull everything 2 levels down from that URL, that might be much more than the specific files munkee was looking to grab.... (pls correct me if I'm wrong)