Comments on: Download files from the web via the OS X command line

By: Al

Al — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:14:07 +0000

wget will do that for you

By: Download

Download — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:10:04 +0000

Is there an addon or a command I can use to download all files from a directory or a page ?

By: ton350d

ton350d — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:43:31 +0000

Thanks, for your share.I’m happy to use Terminal download ISO file

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:50:26 +0000

I also use wget. you have to download it and compile it. or install it using fink or macports.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:37:43 +0000

Thanks for adding that, Dan. That was the crucial tip I needed, especially the reminder about the quotes.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:15:22 +0000

nice, this really helped me tonight

By: ToBeFrank

ToBeFrank — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:31:01 +0000

I use wget

By: boomer

boomer — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:53:16 +0000

I have never used the curl command but this is pretty good

By: Dan Shockley

Dan Shockley — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:56:45 +0000

You might want to include a few extra bits in that post. First, always include the -L (or –location) switch, since that will allow curl to follow any redirects (if the file gets moved, but there is a redirect for it). Also, if the URL’s file part (the section after the last slash) is not pretty, you can give a name for the downloaded file by using a lower-case -o (instead of -O), followed by a space and the name in quotes. Also, always put the URL in single-quotes – ampersands and a few other characters will break on the command line if they aren’t in quotes. Here’s an example of those ideas combined:

curl -L -o ‘myfile.dmg’ ‘http://www.somewebsite.com/files/getdmg?id=24′