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Download Only Certain File Types Using wget -r -A

You can use this under following situations:

  • Download all images from a website
  • Download all videos from a website
  • Download all PDF files from a website

$ wget -r -A.pdf http://url-to-webpage-with-pdfs/

Download a Full Website Using wget –mirror

Following is the command line which you want to execute when you want to download a full website and made available for local viewing.

$ wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P ./LOCAL-DIR WEBSITE-URL

  • -mirror : turn on options suitable for mirroring.
  • -p : download all files that are necessary to properly display a given HTML page.
  • -convert-links : after the download, convert the links in document for local viewing.
  • -P ./LOCAL-DIR : save all the files and directories to the specified directory.

Download Multiple Files / URLs Using Wget -i

First, store all the download files or URLs in a text file as:

$ cat > download-file-list.txt
URL1
URL2
URL3
URL4

Next, give the download-file-list.txt as argument to wget using -i option as shown below.

$ wget -i download-file-list.txt

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