Nullified
02-18-2005, 07:49 PM
I need to wget some files from a server but there is an & in the url. how do I do this with ssh wget?
![]() | View Full Version : please help - hot to wget (ssh) with & in url Nullified 02-18-2005, 07:49 PM I need to wget some files from a server but there is an & in the url. how do I do this with ssh wget? namelayer 02-18-2005, 07:56 PM try wget -P http://www.site.com/blah.php&=blah ---edit---- Scratch that...that wasnt it. propcgamer 02-19-2005, 02:14 AM Put quotes around the url like wget "http://www.url.com/blah&.zip" dollar 02-19-2005, 08:06 AM If you have lynx installed it can work as well. lynx "http://www.url.com/blah&.zip" Nullified 02-19-2005, 10:34 AM I got around it before your replies, but it didn't work. I tried wgeting the entire directory, but the one file I wanted still didn't come. Thanks anyways. urbanservers 02-19-2005, 01:29 PM It possibly need to escape the &, else using ""'s around the target url works 90% of the time, who uses an & in a file name? Nullified 02-19-2005, 02:17 PM the & was in a directory alogn with commas and spaces, lol. anyways I just did an -rnp on the directory before the &. |