Forgot to mention, once wc -l wget-log or wc -l wget-log.x is issued, hitting up arrow followed by enter gets you further line counts of wget-log for monitoring progress of file download.
On Thu, 2 May 2013, francis picabia wrote: > I often download packages to servers using wget and the "Direct Link" > feature on the sourceforge projects. > > For example, today, I downloaded scamp: > > $ wget > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scamp/scamp/scamp-5.6/scamp-5.6.tar.gz?r=&ts=1367500908&use_mirror=superb-dca3 > > On Redhat, this produces a file called scamp-5.6.tar.gz > > On Debian, this produces a file called scamp-5.6.tar.gz?r= > Sometimes the resulting filename on Debian is much longer. > > It can be easily fixed with the mv command, but it has me wondering, > why does the Debian version have this issue? > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdash...@shellworld.net> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.bsf.2.01.1305021855070.95...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg
