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Wget with Download directory containing spaces
From: |
michel . kempeneers |
Subject: |
Wget with Download directory containing spaces |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:25:22 +0100 (CET) |
Hi,
I'm trying to download a bunch of URLs I grouped together in file "input.txt".
Downloading them to sub-folder "Images" works alright with the following
command.
wget -nv -a log.txt -P .\Images\ -i input.txt
The -P switch even creates the target directory if it doesn't exist.
But when I try to download my files to
.\Other Images\
I run into trouble.
I.e. Wget's -P switch now creates (and downloads to) target directory "Other".
Obviously, the space is the culprit.
However, when I next try to work around the issue by double-quoting the target
directory, which is a normal solution in many command line applications
w get -nv -a log.txt -P " .\Other Images\ " -i input.txt
Wget doesn't recognize this target directory and throws a "missing URL" error.
Apparently, the -P switch can't stand double-quotes...
Is there a solution for this?
Should another character than a double-quote be used to preserve spaces? Or is
there another workaround for this problem?
M.
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