wget with different file name not working

doumamuzan · 06-29-2022, 10:38 AM

The below works as expected

Code:

wget https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/edge-reflow/how-to/rf-generic-04_1408x792.jpg

but the below is not working ( trying to save as a different file name ) even with sudo

Code:

sudo wget https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/edge-reflow/how-to/rf-generic-04_1408x792.jpg -O newfile.jpg

pan64 · 06-29-2022, 10:49 AM

why did you use sudo?
What do you mean by "not working"? What's happened?

doumamuzan · 06-29-2022, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

why did you use sudo?
What do you mean by "not working"? What's happened?

It is not saving the file it simply gives a lengthy technical error message

pan64 · 06-29-2022, 11:02 AM

but what is that message?

teckk · 06-29-2022, 12:39 PM

Maybe you need to report yourself as a web browser

Code:

agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:101.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/101.0"

url="https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/edge-reflow/how-to/rf-generic-04_1408x792.jpg"

wget -U "$agent" "$url" -O myfile.jpg
...
Saving to: ‘myfile.jpg’

myfile.jpg            100%[======================>] 154.33K  --.-KB/s    in 0.02s   

2022-06-29 12:38:47 (7.06 MB/s) - ‘myfile.jpg’ saved [158038/158038]

ondoho · 06-30-2022, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doumamuzan

The below works as expected

Code:

wget https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/edge-reflow/how-to/rf-generic-04_1408x792.jpg

but the below is not working ( trying to save as a different file name ) even with sudo

Code:

sudo wget https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/edge-reflow/how-to/rf-generic-04_1408x792.jpg -O newfile.jpg

I cannot use wget to download that file with or without specifying output name - it just hangs waiting for a response.
I can load it in Firefox, dillo, mpv, feh, curl.
I can do it the way teckk suggested.

scasey · 06-30-2022, 12:49 PM

Couple of things!

OP hasn’t posted the error message. Please do so.
Rename the file after using the command without the -O option.