Tested it. While wget could not download the whole folder due to some permission issues on the folders on the site, this one does thanks to some nifty globbing, a feature wget seems to lack. Thanks Martin. Many thanks too to the original poster: the site has great resources. The swahili pdf for instance is in a teaching format that gets you up and limping pretty fast. P.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Martin Atukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On 17 Oct 2008, at 19:06, Wire James wrote: > > Hi Guys >> >> I want to download a series of files using wget from the command line. The >> actual link is as below but like you know, Linux will not recognise the >> spaces among other things. >> >> wget >> http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/Courses/French/Basic(Revised)/Volume >> 1/FSI - French Basic Course (Revised) - Volume 1 - Unit 01 >> 1.3.mp3 >> >> 1. How can I get to make the correct request using wget? >> 2. There are numerous files in the same directory whose difference is the >> figure just before .mp3 at the end e.g Unit 01 1.3.mp3, Unit 01 1.4.mp3, >> Unit 01 1.5.mp3, Unit 02 1.1.mp3, Unit 02 1.2.mp3 etc. Any one with a quick >> script I could use? >> > > > use curl: > > something like this might work (untested): > > curl --remote-name > http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/Courses/French/Basic\ > \(Revised\)/Volume\ 1/FSI\ -\ French\ Basic\ Course\ \(Revised\)\ -\ Volume\ > 1\ -\ Unit\ [01-02]\ 1.[1-5].mp3 > > - Martin - > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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