

Time to use another flag which is -cut-dirs which will cut the directory names away starting after the hostname. This will download all into wget_testing/uploads Cut directories from save name path

Optionally yet something I find appealing is adding -nH which will remove the hostname parent directory from the save path when downloading, you will see this below.Īssume we are in the wget_testing directory ( wget_testing/) wget -r -np -nH npis “no parent” making only directories below the stated one fetched. The -r flag means recursive download which will grab and follow the links and directories (default max depth is 5). Now to download everything, start by adding the recursive and no parent flags: wget -r -np To download the file and save as a certain name: wget -O 'example_name.zip' '' Recursive downloading

This will download file.zip into the current directory as file.zip. The simple command to download just one file is: wget '' You can read the Wget docs here for many more options.įor this example assume the URL containing all the files (and folders) we want to download is here: One file example
#Wget all files in directory software
GNU Wget is a popular command-based, open-source software for downloading files and directories with compatibility amongst popular internet protocols. A basic Wget rundown post can be found here. Guide for downloading all files and folders at a URL using Wget with options to clean up the download location and pathname.
