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Old 03-16-2010
wget with semicolon in page name
So, I'd like to wget a webpage, as its not going to stick around forever - but the problem is the webpage has a semicolon in it.

Code:
wget http://example.com/stuff/asdf;asdf

obviously doesn't get the right webpage.

Any good way around this?
Last edited by pludi; 03-17-2010 at 03:23 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
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Old 03-17-2010
Try with escape the ';'.

Code:
http://example.com/stuff/asdf\;asdf

Last edited by pludi; 03-17-2010 at 03:23 AM..
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Old 03-17-2010
Just surround the URL with single quotes, that way you won't have to worry if you've escaped everything correctly (eg, '&', '?', '%', ...)
Code:
wget 'http://example.com/stuff/asdf;asdf'

 
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