wget syntax questtion

[Terry R Linhardt]

Yes...your solution works. Thank you!!

Terry

VJ wrote:

> Use "*BB*" . In man page for wget it says NAMES or PATTERN. By just 
> giving BB it means a file named BB rather than BB being part of pattern.
>
> VJ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry R Linhardt" 
> <linhardt at swbell.net>
> To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:17 PM
> Subject: wget syntax questtion
>
>
>> I am a new user of wget.  I love its flexibility. However, I have a 
>> syntax question. (And yes, I *did* read the manual). But, I am still 
>> doing something incorrectly.
>>
>> My goal:  To download some files in a directory, but not all of the 
>> files.
>>
>> As an examle, let's say the target directory has the following files 
>> in it:
>>
>>    file-AA.1
>>    file-AA.2
>>    file-AA.3
>>    file-BB.1
>>    file.BB.2
>>    file.BB.3
>>    file.CC.1
>>
>> Let's assume I want to download all files EXCEPT those containing BB.
>>
>> I have already tried the following:
>>
>>       wget -r -R BB  http://www.host.com/path/to/files
>>
>> I thought the -R option would exclude all files with the 'BB' as part 
>> of the name. But, it did not.
>>
>> Advice or help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks..Terry
>>
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