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swamp
swamp

Reputation: 396

wget: Append text to default file name

When I download a file using wget without the -O argument, it saves the file with a default name. I would like to append some text to that default name, but the -O option completely overrides the default name.

For example:

wget www.google.com  --> saves as index.html (this is the default name)
wget -O foo.html www.google.com --> saves as foo.html

I would like to save the file as ${default_name}_sometext.html. For the above example, it would look something like index_sometext.html. Any ideas appreciated!

Edit: For those who are wondering why I might need something like this, I have scrapped thousands of URLs for a personal project, and I need to preserve the default name along with some attributes for each file.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 136

Answers (1)

r4vanan
r4vanan

Reputation: 51

#!/bin/bash
domain=google.com
some_text=something
lol=$(wget https://${domain} 2>&1 | grep Saving | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | sed -e's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]//g')
mv $lol ${some_text}_${lol}

i think it will work for you.

Upvotes: 1

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