wget inability of downloading certain files

[Paul Smith]

On 11/3/05, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> >>Oh... and you have to quote the URL too, as I showed in the cut and
> >>paste, since it has & in it...
> >
> > wget doesn't need "" , lynx does but I use wget all the time with &s in
> > it and don't use "" .. I used the actual download link, and I still get
> > an html page not the intended file.
> >
> > I assume this is the same problem he is having.
>
> Yes.. he can easily have the same wrong idea that you do about bash and
> the need for quoting, thus causing unexpected behaviour.
>
> $ wget -Otempfile http://yah.warmcat.com/index.php?&param=1
>
>         0x0030:  581e f565 4745 5420 2f69 6e64 6578 2e70  X..eGET./index.p
>         0x0040:  6870 3f20 4854 5450 2f31 2e30 0d0a 5573  hp?.HTTP/1.0..Us
>         0x0050:  6572 2d41 6765 6e74 3a20 5767 6574 2f31  er-Agent:.Wget/1
>         0x0060:  2e31 302e 3220 2852 6564 2048 6174 206d  .10.2.(Red.Hat.m
>         0x0070:  6f64 6966 6965 6429 0d0a 4163 6365 7074  odified)..Accept
>         0x0080:  3a20 2a2f 2a0d 0a48 6f73 743a 2079 6168  :.*/*..Host:.yah
>         0x0090:  2e77 6172 6d63 6174 2e63 6f6d 0d0a 436f  .warmcat.com..Co
>         0x00a0:  6e6e 6563 7469 6f6e 3a20 4b65 6570 2d41  nnection:.Keep-A
>         0x00b0:  6c69 7665 0d0a 0d0a                      live....
>
> $ wget -Otempfile "http://yah.warmcat.com/index.php?&param=1"
>
>        0x0030:  581e e094 4745 5420 2f69 6e64 6578 2e70  X...GET./index.p
>         0x0040:  6870 3f26 7061 7261 6d3d 3120 4854 5450  hp?&param=1.HTTP
>         0x0050:  2f31 2e30 0d0a 5573 6572 2d41 6765 6e74  /1.0..User-Agent
>         0x0060:  3a20 5767 6574 2f31 2e31 302e 3220 2852  :.Wget/1.10.2.(R
>         0x0070:  6564 2048 6174 206d 6f64 6966 6965 6429  ed.Hat.modified)
>         0x0080:  0d0a 4163 6365 7074 3a20 2a2f 2a0d 0a48  ..Accept:.*/*..H
>         0x0090:  6f73 743a 2079 6168 2e77 6172 6d63 6174  ost:.yah.warmcat
>         0x00a0:  2e63 6f6d 0d0a 436f 6e6e 6563 7469 6f6e  .com..Connection
>         0x00b0:  3a20 4b65 6570 2d41 6c69 7665 0d0a 0d0a  :.Keep-Alive....

In my case, with quotes:

$ wget "http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?categor                
                           y=system&id=259&name=NTP"
--17:26:50--  http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?category=system&id=259&name
                                           =NTP
           => `modules.php?category=system&id=259&name=NTP'
Resolving slax.linux-live.org... 81.0.235.161
Connecting to slax.linux-live.org|81.0.235.161|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]

    [   <=>                               ] 17,403        21.74K/s

17:26:51 (21.72 KB/s) - `modules.php?category=system&id=259&name=NTP'
saved [174                                            03]

$

I should have got a *.mo file.

Paul