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Jul 24, 2004, 3:04 AM

Andy

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Jul 24, 2004, 3:04 AM

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wget - output file?

Hi guys. I've been having a look through the docs, and also on Google; but can't seem to find an answer.

Is it possible to do something like;

wget http://www.mysite.com/index.php?get=test&group=1234 > import.txt

... where the output from that page is text.

I've done a similar thing already with LWP::Simple... but its slow as hell.. so I'm trying to work out another way :/

Code:
   print "Grabbing URL: $_ \n" if $DEBUG; 
   my @got = get($link); 


   print "Grabbed URL: $link , now writing...\n" if $DEBUG;  
   open (XMLTEST, ">$CFG->{admin_root_path}/dev/$id.xml") || die "Can't write file $CFG->{admin_root_path}/dev/$id.xml. Reason: $!";  
    print XMLTEST @got; 
   close(XMLTEST);

Anyone got any suggestions? Smile

TIA

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 24, 2004, 3:12 AM

Andy

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Jul 24, 2004, 3:12 AM

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BTW..I've tried;

Code:
u35559069:  > wget http://domain.com/pf/pf?a=322582&unlimited=true&&programs=5488&format=xml&zip=false -O=test.xml 
[1] 11075 
--12:08:19--  http://domain.com/pf/pf?a=322582 
           => `pf?a=322582' 
Resolving domain.com... [2] 11076 
[3] 11077 
done. 
Connecting to domain.com[217.212.240.174]:80... bash: -O=test.xml: command not found 
[2]-  Done                    unlimited=true && programs=5488 
[3]+  Done                    format=xml 
u35559069: > connected. 
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 
…dies ends here

... and as you can see, it just tried to grab each ? ... etc one seperatly (i.e format=xml, unlimited=true, etc).

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jul 29, 2004, 5:37 PM

Alex

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Jul 29, 2004, 5:37 PM

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wget -o filename.txt 'http://www.mysite.com/index.php?get=test&group=1234'

Cheers,

Alex

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Jul 30, 2004, 12:36 AM

Andy

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Jul 30, 2004, 12:36 AM

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OMG.. that simple?

Thanks Alex.. I'll give it a go now :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Sep 14, 2004, 5:22 AM

Andy

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Sep 14, 2004, 5:22 AM

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Finally worked out why its not working <G>

Code:
wget -o filename.txt 'http://www.mysite.com/index.php?get=test&group=1234'

..should be;

Code:
wget -Ofilename.txt 'http://www.mysite.com/index.php?get=test&group=1234'

..i.e a capital "O", and no space.

Just thought I would post the answer, in case anyone stumbles across this thread at some point, and the solution doesn't work for you :D

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk