Quick and dirty files downloader

downloader.sh

#!/bin/bash

remotepath="http://www.example.com"

urldecode() {
    # urldecode <string>
    local url_encoded="${1//+/ }"
    printf '%b' "${url_encoded//%/\\x}"
}

list="$1"
while read -r line
do
	#echo $line
	file="${line%\"}"
	file="${file#\"}"
	file=${file#file://}
	file=${file#$PWD}
	file=${file#$remotepath}
	#file=$(urldecode $file)
	#echo $file
	dir=$(dirname "${file}")
	dir=${dir%/}
	#dir=$(echo "$dir" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
	#dir=${dir#/}
	#echo $dir
	filename=$(basename "${file}")
	#filename=$(echo "$filename" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
	#echo $filename
	#echo "$PWD/$dir"
	output=".$dir/${filename%\?*}"
	#echo $output
	if [ ! -f $output ]; then
		mkdir -p "$PWD/$dir" && wget "$remotepath$dir/$filename" -O $output
	fi
done < "$list"

# remove empty files
find . -size 0 -delete

# remove empty directolries
find . -type d -empty -delete