Question wget from list while renaming files

[terenceslattery]

Hi All,

Wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to use wget to download a list of files while changing the output file names?

For example if I run

wget http://video.mp4 --output-document="My Downloaded Video.mp4"

from the command line that will work fine.

Also, if I run

wget --input list.txt

and the list only includes the URL's that will also work fine.

If however, within the list.txt file I include --output-document="newfilename.ext" at the end of each line and then rerun

wget --input list.txt

I get a 404 error that the URL is not found as it attempts to join the output onto the url request?

Cheers,

 

[urgodfather]

have you looked at the man page?

wget(1): non-interactive network downloader - Linux man page

Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background, while the user is not logged on. This allows you to start a retrieval and disconnect ...

linux.die.net

 

[terenceslattery]

have you looked at the man page?

wget(1): non-interactive network downloader - Linux man page

Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background, while the user is not logged on. This allows you to start a retrieval and disconnect ...

linux.die.net

I had checked some wget command pages, but hadn't checked that one cheers. It doesn't look like it's possible without creating a script as the -O isn't meant for renaming each file that way.