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Old 04-08-2011
wget redirect file name
I am downloading a file using wget and the following is embedded in a script:
Code:
wget http://www.example.com/ABCDfilename123.txt -O filename123.txt

Because the 123 is incremented with every day, I need to pass the file in a parametric manner, so the filename as given after capital D. How do I achieve this in the script?
# 2  
Old 04-09-2011
I first generate the string, and then use eval.

Code:
url_start="http://www.example.com/ABCD"
filename="filename123.txt"
wget_string=$(echo "wget "$url_start$filename" -O "$filename)
eval $wget_string

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Old 04-09-2011
Thank you for your response. The issue is however that I do not know beforehand that the file is called filename123.txt; it could be called filename138259.txt or any other non-guessable suffix. I use elinks -dump to retrieve the name of the files to be downloaded, so at least I know what comes after ABCD.
 
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