wget not saving file after download

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So I am currently using the wget command on windows 10 powershell to download various files. However, when testing this command, files do not actually download.

For example, say I want to download this picture: https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

I would use the following:

PS C:UsersmynameDesktop> wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

StatusCode : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content : 255, 216, 255, 224...
RawContent : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Length
 Content-Disposition: inline;filename=""
 Vary: Origin
 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
 X-XSS-Protection...
Headers : [Access-Control-Expose-Headers, Content-Length], [Content-Disposition, inline;filename=""],
 [Vary, Origin], [Access-Control-Allow-Origin, *]...
RawContentLength : 31273

Once this process finishes, I do not observe any new files on my desktop.

However, this code does work:

wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg -O google.jpg

So what is going on? Why does wget alone not download the file?

edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

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Your command looks fine. Where did this implementation of wget come from?
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:19

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powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest. It's not clear to me that there is any relationship to wget other than capturing the typing habits of users of other operating systems.
â€“Â user4556274
Apr 19 '17 at 16:21

1

Mmm (it's nice to learn something else new). Arguably though, this is off-topic because we're talking about a Powershell command, not a UNIX/Linux utility.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:28

@TimothyMartin initially that was my perspective too, but then I thought that it might be worth leaving open so that we can highlight that wget isn't wget. (IYSWIM.)
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 17:00

@roaima Good point. I'll retract my vote to close.
â€“Â Timothy Martin
Apr 19 '17 at 17:01

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So I am currently using the wget command on windows 10 powershell to download various files. However, when testing this command, files do not actually download.

For example, say I want to download this picture: https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

I would use the following:

PS C:UsersmynameDesktop> wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

StatusCode : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content : 255, 216, 255, 224...
RawContent : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Length
 Content-Disposition: inline;filename=""
 Vary: Origin
 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
 X-XSS-Protection...
Headers : [Access-Control-Expose-Headers, Content-Length], [Content-Disposition, inline;filename=""],
 [Vary, Origin], [Access-Control-Allow-Origin, *]...
RawContentLength : 31273

Once this process finishes, I do not observe any new files on my desktop.

However, this code does work:

wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg -O google.jpg

So what is going on? Why does wget alone not download the file?

edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

2

Your command looks fine. Where did this implementation of wget come from?
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:19

3

powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest. It's not clear to me that there is any relationship to wget other than capturing the typing habits of users of other operating systems.
â€“Â user4556274
Apr 19 '17 at 16:21

1

Mmm (it's nice to learn something else new). Arguably though, this is off-topic because we're talking about a Powershell command, not a UNIX/Linux utility.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:28

@TimothyMartin initially that was my perspective too, but then I thought that it might be worth leaving open so that we can highlight that wget isn't wget. (IYSWIM.)
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 17:00

@roaima Good point. I'll retract my vote to close.
â€“Â Timothy Martin
Apr 19 '17 at 17:01

add a commentÂ |Â

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So I am currently using the wget command on windows 10 powershell to download various files. However, when testing this command, files do not actually download.

For example, say I want to download this picture: https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

I would use the following:

PS C:UsersmynameDesktop> wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

StatusCode : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content : 255, 216, 255, 224...
RawContent : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Length
 Content-Disposition: inline;filename=""
 Vary: Origin
 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
 X-XSS-Protection...
Headers : [Access-Control-Expose-Headers, Content-Length], [Content-Disposition, inline;filename=""],
 [Vary, Origin], [Access-Control-Allow-Origin, *]...
RawContentLength : 31273

Once this process finishes, I do not observe any new files on my desktop.

However, this code does work:

wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg -O google.jpg

So what is going on? Why does wget alone not download the file?

edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

So I am currently using the wget command on windows 10 powershell to download various files. However, when testing this command, files do not actually download.

For example, say I want to download this picture: https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

I would use the following:

PS C:UsersmynameDesktop> wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg

StatusCode : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content : 255, 216, 255, 224...
RawContent : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Length
 Content-Disposition: inline;filename=""
 Vary: Origin
 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
 X-XSS-Protection...
Headers : [Access-Control-Expose-Headers, Content-Length], [Content-Disposition, inline;filename=""],
 [Vary, Origin], [Access-Control-Allow-Origin, *]...
RawContentLength : 31273

Once this process finishes, I do not observe any new files on my desktop.

However, this code does work:

wget https://yt3.ggpht.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OixOH_h84Po/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg -O google.jpg

So what is going on? Why does wget alone not download the file?

wget

edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

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edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

edited Apr 19 '17 at 16:25

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

asked Apr 19 '17 at 16:14

Thessentials

262

2

Your command looks fine. Where did this implementation of wget come from?
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:19

3

powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest. It's not clear to me that there is any relationship to wget other than capturing the typing habits of users of other operating systems.
â€“Â user4556274
Apr 19 '17 at 16:21

1

Mmm (it's nice to learn something else new). Arguably though, this is off-topic because we're talking about a Powershell command, not a UNIX/Linux utility.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:28

@TimothyMartin initially that was my perspective too, but then I thought that it might be worth leaving open so that we can highlight that wget isn't wget. (IYSWIM.)
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 17:00

@roaima Good point. I'll retract my vote to close.
â€“Â Timothy Martin
Apr 19 '17 at 17:01

add a commentÂ |Â

2

Your command looks fine. Where did this implementation of wget come from?
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:19

3

powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest. It's not clear to me that there is any relationship to wget other than capturing the typing habits of users of other operating systems.
â€“Â user4556274
Apr 19 '17 at 16:21

1

Mmm (it's nice to learn something else new). Arguably though, this is off-topic because we're talking about a Powershell command, not a UNIX/Linux utility.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:28

@TimothyMartin initially that was my perspective too, but then I thought that it might be worth leaving open so that we can highlight that wget isn't wget. (IYSWIM.)
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 17:00

@roaima Good point. I'll retract my vote to close.
â€“Â Timothy Martin
Apr 19 '17 at 17:01

Your command looks fine. Where did this implementation of wget come from?
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:19

powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest. It's not clear to me that there is any relationship to wget other than capturing the typing habits of users of other operating systems.
â€“Â user4556274
Apr 19 '17 at 16:21

Mmm (it's nice to learn something else new). Arguably though, this is off-topic because we're talking about a Powershell command, not a UNIX/Linux utility.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 16:28

@TimothyMartin initially that was my perspective too, but then I thought that it might be worth leaving open so that we can highlight that wget isn't wget. (IYSWIM.)
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 17:00

@roaima Good point. I'll retract my vote to close.
â€“Â Timothy Martin
Apr 19 '17 at 17:01

add a commentÂ |Â

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The Powershell implementation of wget is not wget. So it doesn't behave like the UNIX/Linux utility wget.

As pointed out by user4556274, Powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest.

Looking at that (or running Get-Help wget under Powershell) it can be seen that the -O [filename] flag is an acceptable abbreviation for -Output [filename], and that Invoke-WebRequest [URI] actually returns an object representing a web page rather than writing a file named from the basename of the URL.

Thus, this returns "nothing" unless you assign it to a variable or pipe it to another command:

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html

But this delivers a web page "as expected":

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html -O page.html

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

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Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

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It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

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The Powershell implementation of wget is not wget. So it doesn't behave like the UNIX/Linux utility wget.

As pointed out by user4556274, Powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest.

Thus, this returns "nothing" unless you assign it to a variable or pipe it to another command:

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html

But this delivers a web page "as expected":

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html -O page.html

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

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It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
7
down vote

The Powershell implementation of wget is not wget. So it doesn't behave like the UNIX/Linux utility wget.

As pointed out by user4556274, Powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest.

Thus, this returns "nothing" unless you assign it to a variable or pipe it to another command:

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html

But this delivers a web page "as expected":

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html -O page.html

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

1

It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
7
down vote

The Powershell implementation of wget is not wget. So it doesn't behave like the UNIX/Linux utility wget.

As pointed out by user4556274, Powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest.

Thus, this returns "nothing" unless you assign it to a variable or pipe it to another command:

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html

But this delivers a web page "as expected":

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html -O page.html

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

The Powershell implementation of wget is not wget. So it doesn't behave like the UNIX/Linux utility wget.

As pointed out by user4556274, Powershell uses wget and curl as aliases for its own Invoke-WebRequest.

Thus, this returns "nothing" unless you assign it to a variable or pipe it to another command:

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html

But this delivers a web page "as expected":

wget http://example.net/path/to/page.html -O page.html

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

edited 9 mins ago

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

answered Apr 19 '17 at 16:30

roaima

41.4k547112

Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

1

It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

add a commentÂ |Â

Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

1

It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

Makes sense. That is kind of silly that Powershell would use a command that doesn't do what it is commonly known for in UNIX
â€“Â Thessentials
Apr 19 '17 at 16:33

It has an alias (pardon me - Alias) that basically "fakes" it. See also ls which IIRC is an Alias for Get-ChildItem (with certain parameters).
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 17:29

@DopeGhoti I was aware of the fake ls but wget was a new one for me. The problem here is that the fakery is only skin-deep.
â€“Â roaima
Apr 19 '17 at 18:35

Powershell gonna powershell.
â€“Â DopeGhoti
Apr 19 '17 at 18:36

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