is -nv (non-verbose) an improvement? $ wget -nv www.johnjosephbachir.org/ 12:50:57 URL:http://www.johnjosephbachir.org/ [3053/3053] -> "index.html" [1] $ wget -nv www.johnjosephbachir.org/moooo http://www.johnjosephbachir.org/moooo: 12:51:02 ERROR 404: Not Found.
but if you're not satisfied you could use shell redirection and the tail command: $ wget -nv www.johnjosephbachir.org/moooo 2>&1 > /dev/null | tail +2 you could use the return value of error to echo would ever you want. $ wget -q www.johnjosephbachir.org/moooo || echo Error Error On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, John Joseph Bachir wrote: > it would be great if there was a flag that could be used with -q that > would only give output if there was an error. > > i use wget a lot in pcs: > > johnjosephbachir.org/pcs > > thanks! > john
